South Dakota Division of Insurance
Independent Review Organization External Review Annual Report Form
External Review Annual Summary for 20________ | ||||||||
Due on [________] for previous calendar year. | ||||||||
Each independent review organization (IRO) shall submit an annual report with information for each health carrier in the aggregate on external reviews performed in South Dakota only. | ||||||||
1. IRO name: | Filing Date: | |||||||
2. IRO License/ Certification no.: | ||||||||
3. IRO address: | ||||||||
City, State, Zip: | ||||||||
4. IRO Web site: | ||||||||
5. Name, email address, phone and fax number of the person completing this form: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||
6. Name and title of the person responsible for regulatory compliance and quality of external reviews: | ||||||||
Name: | _______________________ | Title: | _______________________ | |||||
7. Total number of requests for external review received from South Dakota Division of Insurance during the reporting period: | _____________________ | |||||||
8. Number of standard external reviews. | ||||||||
9. Average number of days IRO required to reach a final decision in standard reviews: | ||||||||
10. Number of expedited reviews completed to a final decision: | ||||||||
11. Average number of days IRO required to reach a final decision in expedited reviews: | _____________________ | |||||||
12. Number of medical necessity reviews decided in favor of the health carrier: | _____________________ |
Briefly list procedures denied: | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||
13. Number of medical necessity reviews decided in favor of the covered person: | _____________________ | ||||
Briefly list procedures approved: | ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ | ||||
14. Number of experimental/investigational reviews decided in favor of the health carrier: | _______________ | ||||
Briefly list procedures denied: | ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ | ||||
15. Number of experimental/investigational reviews decided in favor of the covered person: | _______________ | ||||
Briefly list procedures approved: | ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ | ||||
16. Number of reviews terminated as the result of a reconsideration by the health carrier: | _________________ | ||||
17. Number of reviews terminated by the covered person: | _________________ |
18. Number of reviews declined due to possible conflict with: | ||||||||
Health carrier | __________ | Covered person | __________ | Health care provider | __________ | |||
Describe possible conflicts(s) of interest: | ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ | |||||||
19. Number of reviews declined due to other reasons not reflected in Question 18: |
S.D. Admin. R. tit. 20, art. 20:06, ch. 20:06:53, app C