4.5.2.1 Random Moment Time Study (RMTS)CMS requires existing SHARS providers to participate in the Random Moment Time Study (RMTS) to be eligible to bill and receive reimbursement for SHARS direct services. SHARS providers must comply with the Texas Time Study Implementation Guide for Direct Medical Services and Medicaid Administrative Claiming Effective April 25, 2007, which includes but is not limited to: Mandatory Annual Program Contact training, certification of all RMTS participants for the three RMTS quarters conducted, and compliance with all sampling and participation requirements. The three RMTS quarters are October through December, January through March, and April through June. Existing SHARS providers that do not participate in one of the three required RMTS quarters or are RMTS non-compliant cannot be a SHARS provider for that annual cost report period (October 1 through September 30) and will be required to return any Medicaid payments received for SHARS delivered during that annual cost report period. The school district can return to the SHARS program the following federal fiscal year. New SHARS providers may not bill or be reimbursed prior to the RMTS quarter in which they begin to participate in and they must participate in all future RMTS quarters. An existing school district can only become a SHARS provider effective October 1, each year and they must participate in all three quarterly RMTS for that year to be a SHARS provider for that period. A new school district (i.e., a newly built facility) can become a SHARS provider effective with the first day of the federal quarter in which it participates in the time study. School districts can access the Texas Time Study Implementation Guide for Direct Medical Services and Medicaid Claiming Effective April 25, 2007, on the HHSC website at www.hhsc.state.tx.us/medicaid/programs/rad/AcuteCare/TS/SharsTimeStudy.html and click on the link titled RMTS Implementation Guide. SHARS providers can call the RMTS contracted vendor at 1-888-321-1225. |
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