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| 1 | Veterans C hoice Prog ram Commun ity Provid er Portal | |||||
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| 3 | Community Provider U ser Guide | |||||
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| 13 | February 2 017 Depart ment of Ve terans Aff airs | |||||
| 14 | Office of Informatio n and Tech nology (OI &T) | |||||
| 15 | ||||||
| 16 | Revision H istory | |||||
| 17 | NOTE: The revision h istory cyc le begins once chang es or enha ncements a re request ed after t he documen t has been baselined . | |||||
| 18 | ||||||
| 19 | Date | |||||
| 20 | Revision | |||||
| 21 | Descriptio n | |||||
| 22 | Author | |||||
| 23 | 2/9/16 | |||||
| 24 | 0.0 | |||||
| 25 | Initial dr aft | |||||
| 26 | CPP Team | |||||
| 27 | ||||||
| 28 | Artifact R ationale | |||||
| 29 | Per the Ve teran-focu sed Integr ated Proce ss (VIP) G uide, the User’s Gui de is requ ired to be completed prior to Critical D ecision Po int #2 (CD 2), with t he expecta tion that it will be updated a s needed. A User Gui de is a te chnical co mmunicatio n document intended to give as sistance t o people u sing a par ticular sy stem, such as CPP en d users. I t is usual ly written by a tech nical writ er, althou gh it can also be wr itten by p rogrammers , product or project managers, or other technical staff. Mos t user gui des contai n both a w ritten gui de and the associate d images. In the cas e of compu ter applic ations, it is usual to include screensho ts of the human-mach ine interf aces, and hardware m anuals oft en include clear, si mplified d iagrams. T he languag e used is matched to the inten ded audien ce, with j argon kept to a mini mum or exp lained tho roughly. T he User Gu ide is a m andatory, build-leve l document , and shou ld be upda ted to ref lect the c ontents of the most recently d eployed bu ild. The s ections do cumented h erein are required i f applicab le to your product. | |||||
| 30 | ||||||
| 31 | Table of C ontents | |||||
| 32 | Introducti on1 | |||||
| 33 | Purpose1 | |||||
| 34 | Disclaimer s1 | |||||
| 35 | Documentat ion Conven tions1 | |||||
| 36 | System Sum mary2 | |||||
| 37 | System Con figuration 2 | |||||
| 38 | User Roles 2 | |||||
| 39 | User Acces s Levels2 | |||||
| 40 | Workflow3 | |||||
| 41 | Getting St arted4 | |||||
| 42 | Sign In4 | |||||
| 43 | CPP Dashbo ard5 | |||||
| 44 | View Refer ral Queue7 | |||||
| 45 | Search for and Refer ral10 | |||||
| 46 | View Refer ral, Add A ppointment s, Upload Medical Do cuments12 | |||||
| 47 | Return Ref erral to V A17 | |||||
| 48 | Switch to a Differen t Referral 19 | |||||
| 49 | Provide Fe edback on Site20 | |||||
| 50 | Add SAR (F uture Func tionality) 22 | |||||
| 51 | Signout23 | |||||
| 52 | Appendix A .Frequentl y Asked Qu estions24 | |||||
| 53 | A.1. Top ic24 | |||||
| 54 | ||||||
| 55 | 1.1. Purpo se | |||||
| 56 | Introducti on | |||||
| 57 | ||||||
| 58 | The purpos e of this guide is t o familiar ize users with the i mportant f eatures an d navigati onal eleme nts of the Veterans Choice Pro gram (VCP) Community Provider Portal (CP P). | |||||
| 59 | ||||||
| 60 | Disclaimer s | |||||
| 61 | Software D isclaimer | |||||
| 62 | This softw are was de veloped at the Depar tment of V eterans Af fairs (VA) by employ ees of the Federal G overnment in the cou rse of the ir officia l duties. Pursuant t o title 17 Section 1 05 of the United Sta tes Code t his softwa re is not subject to copyright protectio n and is i n the publ ic domain. VA assume s no respo nsibility whatsoever for its u se by othe r parties, and makes no guaran tees, expr essed or i mplied, ab out its qu ality, rel iability, or any oth er charact eristic. W e would ap preciate a cknowledge ment if th e software is used. This softw are can be redistrib uted and/o r modified freely if any deriv ative work s bear som e notice t hat they a re derived from it, and any mo dified ver sions bear some noti ce that th ey have be en modifie d. | |||||
| 63 | ||||||
| 64 | Documentat ion Discla imer | |||||
| 65 | The appear ance of ex ternal hyp erlink ref erences in this manu al does no t constitu te endorse ment by th e Departme nt of Vete rans Affai rs (VA) of this Web site or th e informat ion, produ cts, or se rvices con tained the rein. The VA does no t exercise any edito rial contr ol over th e informat ion you ma y find at these loca tions. Suc h links ar e provided and are c onsistent with the s tated purp ose of the VA. | |||||
| 66 | ||||||
| 67 | Documentat ion Conven tions | |||||
| 68 | This manua l uses sev eral metho ds to high light diff erent aspe cts of the material. Descripti ve text is presented in a prop ortional f ont (as re presented by this fo nt). | |||||
| 69 | User's res ponses to online pro mpts (e.g. , manual e ntry, clic ks, etc.) will be bo ldface typ e. | |||||
| 70 | ||||||
| 71 | System Sum mary | |||||
| 72 | The Commun ity Provid er Portal (CPP) is a web-based system th at facilit ates inter actions be tween empl oyees in t he VHA’s C ommunity C are depart ment and C ommunity C are Provid ers outsid e the VHA. The syste m is desig ned to imp rove the d ata gather ing, docum entation c ontinuity, and workf low effort s for of t he Departm ent of Vet erans Affa irs (VA) C ommunity P rovider re ferral pro cess. | |||||
| 73 | The system : | |||||
| 74 | Creates a mechanism to enable the direct relations hip betwee n the VHA and Commun ity Care P roviders ( i.e. Provi ders outsi de the VHA ) so that VHA can de velop a ne w network of Provide rs in acco rdance wit h the tene ts set for th in the Veteran’s Choice Act (i.e. VAC AA) | |||||
| 75 | Implements a consist ent user e xperience for Commun ity Care P roviders i nteracting with the VHA | |||||
| 76 | Increases the flow o f content and releva nt care in formation between Co mmunity Ca re Provide rs and the VHA | |||||
| 77 | Provides i nformation via the w eb that en courages t he use of a lower-co st distrib ution chan nel and re duces the administra tive burde n of the V HA back-of fice admin istration staff | |||||
| 78 | Improves t he consist ency and f ormat of t he content and the i nformation transmitt ed between Community Care Prov iders and VHA | |||||
| 79 | Integrates with and Data Acces s Service (DAS). In the future , CPP will also inte grate with Veterans Benefits M anagement System (VB MS), VISTa , VISTa Im aging, Fee Basis Cla ims System (FBCS), C ommunity P rovider Pr ofile syst em (CPP), and Contra ct Payment and Repor ting Modul e (CPRM). | |||||
| 80 | ||||||
| 81 | System Con figuration | |||||
| 82 | CPP users require a computer t hat provid es access to the VA network, a s well as, login cre dentials ( typically a VA user name, pass word and P IV card). | |||||
| 83 | ||||||
| 84 | User Roles | |||||
| 85 | User roles are defin ed as resp onsibiliti es or priv ileges for various u sers of th e system a nd are ass ociated wi th an acti on that ca n be perfo rmed withi n the CPP system. CP P implemen ts interna l function ality by d etermining if a user has the r esponsibil ity or pri vilege to perform a certain ac tion based on that u ser’s role (s). | |||||
| 86 | ||||||
| 87 | User Acces s Levels | |||||
| 88 | CUI provid es 2 level s of Commu nity Provi der access .. For all user role s, a user’ s privileg es define the featur es of the system tha t a user c an access— and how el ements in those area s appear—a s well as the operat ions a use r can perf orm within those are as. The fo llowing ta ble provid es more de tails. | |||||
| 89 | ||||||
| 90 | Table 1. C ommunity P rovider Us er Roles a nd Privile ges | |||||
| 91 | ||||||
| 92 | User Role | |||||
| 93 | Privileges | |||||
| 94 | Scheduler | |||||
| 95 | Add/Modify /delete a ppointment s | |||||
| 96 | Community Provider | |||||
| 97 | View refer rals Add appointme nts | |||||
| 98 | Add/modify /delete d ocuments E nter notes | |||||
| 99 | Submit ref errals the VHA Add/u pdate/subm it SARs | |||||
| 100 | ||||||
| 101 | Workflow | |||||
| 102 | Error! Ref erence sou rce not fo und. provi des a high -level, ov erview of that illus trates how VHA Emplo yees and C ommunity C are Provid ers intera ct with Co nsultation s, Referra ls and SAR s. | |||||
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| 104 | ||||||
| 105 | Figure 1: Community Care Provi der Portal Workflow Diagram | |||||
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| 109 | Getting St arted | |||||
| 110 | This secti on provide s a genera l introduc tion to CP P from sig ning in to the syste m to a des cription o f the land ing page. | |||||
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| 112 | ||||||
| 113 | Sign In | |||||
| 114 | To sign in to CPP, c omplete th e followin g steps: | |||||
| 115 | For the pr oof of con cept, open your web browser to cpp.verac ityconsult ing.com | |||||
| 116 | The system displays the follow ing: | |||||
| 117 | Figure 2. VA Clinici an User In terface (C UI) Sign-i n Page | |||||
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| 121 | ||||||
| 122 | Enter Emai l | |||||
| 123 | Enter Pass word | |||||
| 124 | Click the Log in but ton. The s ystem disp lays the C PP Dashboa rd: | |||||
| 125 | ||||||
| 126 | CPP Dashbo ard | |||||
| 127 | After sign ing in to CPP, the s ystem disp lays a das hboard or home page with the f ollowing e lements: | |||||
| 128 | The System Name link , which re turns the user to th e dashboar d, when cl icked from any page in the sit e. | |||||
| 129 | Sign in st atus messa ge in the upper left | |||||
| 130 | Your name as text in the upper right | |||||
| 131 | A Supporti ng Apps dr op-down in the upper right tha t allows y ou to acce ss a menu of applica tion to wh ich you ha ve access based on y our role ( see Error! Reference source no t found.) | |||||
| 132 | A Sign out button in the upper right | |||||
| 133 | The Referr als tab wh ich provid es access to Referra l Queues a nd filters that can be used to find spec ific refer rals that need proce ssing. | |||||
| 134 | Help and F eedback li nks in low er right | |||||
| 135 | ||||||
| 136 | Figure 3 s hows a sam ple landin g page—or dashboard— for a Comm unity Prov ider. | |||||
| 137 | Figure 3. Community Provider D ashboard | |||||
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| 141 | ||||||
| 142 | The Suppor ting App m enu is cus tomized wi th the opt ions appro priate for each role . The Sup porting Ap ps menu op tions are shown in E rror! Refe rence sour ce not fou nd.. | |||||
| 143 | ||||||
| 144 | ||||||
| 145 | Table 2. S upporting Apps by Us er Role | |||||
| 146 | ||||||
| 147 | User Role | |||||
| 148 | Supporting Apps | |||||
| 149 | Community Provider | |||||
| 150 | ||||||
| 151 | Community Viewer ePr escribing? | |||||
| 152 | Direct Vir tru Pro | |||||
| 153 | EHR system (s) | |||||
| 154 | Scheduler | |||||
| 155 | TBD | |||||
| 156 | ||||||
| 157 | ||||||
| 158 | View Refer ral Queue | |||||
| 159 | The Referr al Queues allow you to quickly see refer rals in sp ecific sta tuses. | |||||
| 160 | ||||||
| 161 | Click the Queue link for the t ype of ref erral you would like to view. The result s set will be popula ted with a ll records that matc h the crit eria speci fied in th e selected queue. | |||||
| 162 | Figure 4. Referral Q ueues on t he Communi ty Provide rs Dashboa rd | |||||
| 163 | ||||||
| 164 | ||||||
| 165 | ||||||
| 166 | The Queues display r ecords bas ed on the following criteria: | |||||
| 167 | Scheduled: Referral Status = S cheduled | |||||
| 168 | Review Pen ding: Refe rral Statu s = Review Pending | |||||
| 169 | Request In formation: Referral Status = R equest Inf ormation | |||||
| 170 | Complete: Referral S tatus = Co mplete No Visits | |||||
| 171 | ||||||
| 172 | The number in parent heses foll owing the name of ea ch queue i ndicates h ow many re cords will appear in that queu e. | |||||
| 173 | Note: Once ticket is complete, update to the follo wing: | |||||
| 174 | ||||||
| 175 | New: Refer ral Status = Schedul ed | |||||
| 176 | Submitted: Referral Status = R eview Pend ing | |||||
| 177 | Informatio n Needed: Referral S tatus = Re quest Info rmation | |||||
| 178 | Complete N o Visits: Referral S tatus = Co mplete No Visits | |||||
| 179 | ||||||
| 180 | The follow ing table describes the variou s referral statuses. | |||||
| 181 | ||||||
| 182 | Table 3. R eferral St atus Descr iptions | |||||
| 183 | ||||||
| 184 | ||||||
| 185 | Status | |||||
| 186 | ||||||
| 187 | Descriptio n | |||||
| 188 | Scheduled | |||||
| 189 | Scheduled referrals have the 1 st appoint ment sched uled. Afte r you | |||||
| 190 | have seen the patien t, upload medical re cords on t he Documen t tab and click the Return to VA button to send th em back to the VA fo r review a nd inclusi on in the patient’s official m edical rec ord. | |||||
| 191 | Review Pen ding | |||||
| 192 | Review Pen ding refer rals have been sent to the VHA review. W hen referr als are in this stat us, no act ion is nee ded unless another a ppointment occurs an d more med ical recor ds need to be upload ed. | |||||
| 193 | Request In formation | |||||
| 194 | Request In formation referrals need addit ional Medi cal Record s. If the VHA review s a referr al and det ermines th at additio nal inform ation is n eeded, you will be n otified of that a Re quest Info rmation re ferrals ex ist and re ceive a de scription of the nec essary inf ormation v ia email. Alternativ ely, you c an check t he “Reques t Informat ion” queue to see if it contai ns any ref errals. | |||||
| 195 | Once the n ecessary m edical rec ords have been uploa ded, click the “Retu rn to VA” button to return the referral to the VHA . | |||||
| 196 | Complete | |||||
| 197 | Complete r eferrals h ave been r eviewed by the VHA a nd contain all of th e necessar y Medical Records af ter the fi rst appoin tment. The Medical r ecords hav e been rev iewed and uploaded i nto the pa tient’s of ficial med ical recor d in CPRM. Referrals that requ ire multip le appoint ments will remain in the Compl ete status until all appointme nt have oc curred. | |||||
| 198 | Complete N o Visits | |||||
| 199 | Complete N o Visit Re ferrals re quire no a dditional appointmen ts. The re ferral is essentiall y closed. It remains visible f or 30 extr a days in case addit ional medi cal record s need to be added. | |||||
| 200 | ||||||
| 201 | Search for and Refer ral | |||||
| 202 | On the Ref erral Land ing page, enter one or more cr iteria in the Filter area at t he top of the page a nd click t he Filter button. Th e table be low will b e populate d with rec ords that match the selected c riteria. | |||||
| 203 | ||||||
| 204 | ||||||
| 205 | Figure 5. Filtering Referrals | |||||
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| 208 | ||||||
| 209 | Move your cursor ove r the resu lt to high light the row of the record yo u would li ke to edit . | |||||
| 210 | ||||||
| 211 | Figure 6. Selecting Record on the VHA Co ordinator Dashboard | |||||
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| 214 | ||||||
| 215 | Click to o pen the de sired reco rd. The Re ferral Det ail page w ill appear . | |||||
| 216 | ||||||
| 217 | View Refer ral, Add A ppointment s, Upload Medical | |||||
| 218 | Documents | |||||
| 219 | After loca ting a ref erral, by clicking o n one of t he queues, or search ing for a specific r ecord, cli ck the des ired recor d to open it. | |||||
| 220 | ||||||
| 221 | The page d isplays ta bs for the various p arts of th e Referral . | |||||
| 222 | a. Acces s the Refe rral Detai ls tab for informati on about t he Veteran and the r eferral. | |||||
| 223 | Access the Appointme nts tab to view, sch edule, mod ify or del ete appoin tments | |||||
| 224 | Access the Documents tab to vi ew and add Medical R ecords | |||||
| 225 | Access the Notes tab to see ac tions that have take n place in relation to the ref erral. | |||||
| 226 | ||||||
| 227 | ||||||
| 228 | Figure 7. Viewing th e Referral Details T ab | |||||
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| 231 | ||||||
| 232 | Select the Appointme nts tab | |||||
| 233 | ||||||
| 234 | Figure 8. Viewing th e Appointm ent Tab | |||||
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| 236 | ||||||
| 237 | ||||||
| 238 | Enter the required d ata in the Add New A ppointment box and c lick the A dd Appoint ment butto n. The new appointme nt will be added to the Appoin tment tabl e. | |||||
| 239 | ||||||
| 240 | Figure 9. Add Appoin tment Butt on on the Appointmen t Tab | |||||
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| 243 | ||||||
| 244 | To Edit an appointme nt, select the recor d in the t able. The record wil l pre-popu late in th e form. Ma ke any nec essary cha nges and c lick the U pdate butt on. [Does button lab el toggle from Add t o Update y et?] The u pdates wil l appear i n the Appo intments t able. | |||||
| 245 | ||||||
| 246 | Select the Documents tab to up load Medic al Records | |||||
| 247 | ||||||
| 248 | Figure 10. Document Tab | |||||
| 249 | ||||||
| 250 | ||||||
| 251 | ||||||
| 252 | Review the Referral Packet and any other Medical R ecords tha t may exis t. | |||||
| 253 | To upload medical re cords for the VA, se lect the B rowse butt on. The Br owse dialo g box appe ars. | |||||
| 254 | Select the medical r ecord file and click the Open button. Th e name of the docume nt will pr e-populate the File Name field . | |||||
| 255 | Click the Add Docume nt button. The medic al record will be ad ded to the Documents table. | |||||
| 256 | Documents that have not yet be en sent to the VA ca n be edite d if neces sary. To e dit a docu ment, sele ct the doc ument in t he table. The record will pre- populate i n the form . Make any necessary changes a nd click t he Update button. [D oes button label tog gle from A dd to Upda te yet?] | |||||
| 257 | Once all m edical rec ords have been uploa ded, see s ection 6. Return Ref erral to V A. | |||||
| 258 | ||||||
| 259 | Select the Notes tab to see ac tivity rel ated to th e case. | |||||
| 260 | ||||||
| 261 | Figure 11. Review ac tions on t he Notes t ab | |||||
| 262 | ||||||
| 263 | ||||||
| 264 | ||||||
| 265 | Review the actions t hat have t aken place in relati on to the case, such as status changes a nd request s for info rmation. N otes: Comm unications between t he Communi ty Provide rs and the VA will r emain in D irect mess aging, so the notes field on t his page w ill not be needed an d will be removed in the next iteration. | |||||
| 266 | ||||||
| 267 | Return Ref erral to V A | |||||
| 268 | After the patient’s appointmen t, all med ical recor ds need to be upload ed on the Documents tab. Once all medica l records have been uploaded, click the Return to VHA button . This wil l notify t he VA that the appoi ntment is complete a nd allow t hem to add the new medica l records to the pat ient’s off icial medi cal record . | |||||
| 269 | You may al so click t he Return to VA butt on if you wish to re turn the r eferral to the VA be cause you will not b e seeing t he patient . | |||||
| 270 | ||||||
| 271 | ||||||
| 272 | Figure 12. Return Re ferral to the VA | |||||
| 273 | ||||||
| 274 | ||||||
| 275 | ||||||
| 276 | Figure 13. Return Re ferral to VA | |||||
| 277 | ||||||
| 278 | ||||||
| 279 | ||||||
| 280 | Switch to a Differen t Referral | |||||
| 281 | With a ref erral open , select t he Referra l drop-dow n in the R eferral He ader from any tab in the refer ral and se lect a dif ferent ref erral. The page is r efreshed w ith detail s related to the new ly selecte d referral . | |||||
| 282 | ||||||
| 283 | Figure 14. Navigate to Another Referral | |||||
| 284 | ||||||
| 285 | ||||||
| 286 | ||||||
| 287 | Provide Fe edback on Site | |||||
| 288 | From any p age in the applicati on, you ca n click th e Feedback link in t he footer to provide feedback to the cre ators of t he applica tion. | |||||
| 289 | ||||||
| 290 | ||||||
| 291 | Figure 15. VHA Coord inator Das hboard | |||||
| 292 | ||||||
| 293 | ||||||
| 294 | ||||||
| 295 | ||||||
| 296 | ||||||
| 297 | On the Fee dback form , your nam e and emai l address are pre-po pulated; h owever, th ey can be edited. Se lect a Top ic from th e drop-dow n, enter y our feedba ck in the descriptio n box, and then clic k the Subm it button. Your feed back will be sent to the appli cation dev elopment t eam. | |||||
| 298 | ||||||
| 299 | Figure 16. Feedback Form | |||||
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| 301 | ||||||
| 302 | ||||||
| 303 | ||||||
| 304 | A “Thanks for your f eedback” m essage app ears at th e top of t he page, j ust below the header . | |||||
| 305 | ||||||
| 306 | Figure 17. Thank You Message | |||||
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| 309 | ||||||
| 310 | 10.Add SAR (Future F unctionali ty) | |||||
| 311 | On the Ref erral Land ing page, highlight the desire d Referral record an d click to display t he Referra l record. The Referr al Detail page will appear wit h the Refe rral Detai ls tab sel ected. | |||||
| 312 | Click the Add SAR bu tton in th e Referral header. T he SAR Det ail page a ppears. | |||||
| 313 | Enter the required d ata and cl ick the Su bmit butto n. The new SAR will be saved a nd sent to FBCS. Eve ntually, i f a commun ity provid er will be providing the servi ce, the SA R may flow back into CPP as a new Consul tation. | |||||
| 314 | ||||||
| 315 | 11.Signout | |||||
| 316 | 1. Select the Signo ut link. T he system signs you out of the system an d re-displ ays the Si gn In page , so you c an sign on again. | |||||
| 317 | ||||||
| 318 | Figure 18. Sign out Link in th e Header | |||||
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| 321 | ||||||
| 322 | Appendix A . Frequent ly Asked Q uestions | |||||
| 323 | A.1. Topic | |||||
| 324 | Q. What qu estions sh all we inc lude? | |||||
| 325 | A. We’ll i nclude all questions that woul d provide value. As you test t he site, p lease feel free to s uggest FAQ s that cro ss your mi nd. |
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