MD SMART TOOL VERIFICATION

The basic premise is to simplify the property owner BMP reporting process while still retaining a high degree of quality assurance with the actual installation of each BMP being certifiedВ by a designated third party or a local government at time of construction/installation.

MD SMART TOOL VERIFICATION

In an effort to promote greater engagement by property owners in Bay restoration, the Chesapeake Bay ProgramвЂ™s Urban Stormwater Work Group approved a streamlined verification procedure for these non-regulated BMPs. The ability to count, track, certify and aggregate these BMPвЂ™s will document additional quantifiable water quality benefits across the Watershed. Under the current Chesapeake Bay TMDL situation, where any water quality practice must be counted and tracked to receive a nutrient and sediment reduction credit, there is no incentive for the investment in these small-scale, non-regulated stormwater BMPвЂ™s. Small-scale residential stormwater BMPs are most often voluntarily installed by environmentally conscientious property owners but are rarely effectively tracked by county and municipal agencies. While individual actions taken on these smaller properties, such as the installation of rain barrels and rain gardens, may only have a small effect on nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution, total pollution reductions can become substantial when these actions are multiplied over hundreds of properties within a watershed. According to the Chesapeake Bay Program, pollution from urban/suburban stormwater is actually increasing compared to all other sources.

While a great deal of attention and resources have been committed to the wide scale adoption of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) to manage stormwater, many counties and towns are increasingly faced with stormwater issues coming from smaller scale residential and private properties. There will be a dedicated section for Smart Edits within the new Link experience.Stormwater remains one of the most difficult and expensive sources of Chesapeake Bay pollution to control. What do I do with Documentation Edits? You can submit your supporting documentation through Link within five calendar days.The more accurate the claim, the faster it can be approved and the quicker youвЂ™ll be paid for the services you deliver. What do I do with informational edits/banners? Please review the additional information provided to support our common goal of reducing claims errors.Дocumentation edits: These edits will be sent if supporting documentation is needed to accurately process your claim.Informational Edits and Banners: These are sent to provide you with additional information on upcoming reimbursement policy changes or other resources for more information. If no action is taken, the claim will not be processed. What do I do with rejection edits? The appropriate action provided by the edit message must be made for the claim to enter our claims processing system.

Rejection Edits:В These edits will be sent when a claim is automatically returned beforeВ adjudication and requires you to resubmit a claim.

What do I do with return edits? You can resolve and resubmit the claim within five calendar days, before your claim is automatically processed as originally submitted.

Return Edits: These edits are sent when a claim you submitted may be delayed or denied, due to potential billing errors. How you respond to a Smart Edit depends on the type of Smart Edit that you receive. The Smart Edits tool detects and flags errors within 24 hours of submitting a claim, prompting a Smart Edits message on your 277CA clearinghouse rejection report.

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