UM Note Types
Misc.
DRG readmissions
per diem/% billed
post acute
100

This note is used for communication between UM and Case Management regarding a shared case.

What is Co-Management

100

A NOMNC can be issued until any day between what hours

What is any day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM in the provider’s time zone. 

100

Every case that meets DRG Readmission Review criteria must be sent to this person.

Who is the Medical Director?

100

IV fluids at this rate or higher constitute a clinical intervention.

What is 70 cc/hr or greater?

100

The CMS guideline used for SNF reviews.

What is Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 8, Section 30?


200

Additional clinical is received after a medical necessity denial and a reconsideration review is needed.

 What is Appended Reconsideration Review?

200

The QIO contact for a Kentucky facility is this

What is Acentra Health

200

Both the index admission and current admission must occur at facilities sharing this identifier relationship.

What is the same PIN/TIN?

200

A case should be referred to the Medical Director when requested days are missing this

What are clinical interventions?

200

Patients generally need this many hours of rehab daily to meet clinician approval criteria.

What is 3 hours per day?

300

This note is used to document discharge planning activities when no determination is being rendered.

What is Discharge Planning?

300

Tasking P2P that will be expired over the weekend get tasked to whom.


What is Kelly Smith

300

If there is no clinical information available for the initial or subsequent review, the UMNC should do this instead of sending the case to the MD. 

What is follow the No Clinical process?

300

If no inpatient order and no clinical information are received by the deadline, this type of denial is issued

What is a Procedural Denial (Administrative Denial)?

300

Only this role can deny a medical necessity authorization request.

Who is the Medical Director?

400

This note is used when a case is auto-approved through automation and the UMNC documents the review without a clinical necessity review. 

What is Admission Criteria?

400

The number of request for clinical for an acute case is many

What is 2

400

This claim payment instruction is entered for linked DRG readmissions.

What is DRG Readmission?

400

UMNCs may independently approve up to this many days when clinical interventions are present.

What is 10 days?

400

The QIO decision is a technical overturn related to lack of information, what do you do

What is 

  • Immediately reissue the NOMNC using NOMNC Issued case note.
  • Send an administrative denial the day after the original NOMNC last covered day through the re-issued NOMNC last covered day.
500

A UMNC reviewed an EMR, found insufficient clinical information to make a determination, did not contact the facility, and plans to check the EMR again later.

What is Review Initiated – CCR?

500

A member had a stay of less than 24 hours and a confirmed discharge. What criteria can the UMNC approve the case

What is 

  • Inpatient only procedure 
  • Unexpected death 
  • New mechanical ventilation 
  • Member elects hospice in lieu of inpatient hospital. 
500

A member discharging and returning before midnight on the same day qualifies as this type of readmission

 What is a same-day readmission?

500

This letter is used when a Medicare long length-of-stay denial is issued

What is the Acute IP Medicare Long Length of Stay Letter?

500

A member has 2 requests for a par SNF facility and is planning on going to facility B, What should you do with facility A

What is cancel the request for facility A