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We do not keep a separate chart and the time it would take to document everything twice would make it not even worth billing when you look at the salary and benefit expense for the time to do so. I think that is crazy. I don’t see why we cannot print out the Participant Summary and black out the WIC ID and household number and use that for our documentation. I was told we cannot do that. I am planning to write an SBAR about this issue as soon as I have time. Also, when I called Keri Burk she said that we should be having clients sign an authorization to bill Medicaid. Everyone I’ve talked to so far says they are not doing that. If anyone knows where it is in writing that we are required to do that I’d love to know. Also, I was told that if we give them the MOWINS printout that is going against federal regulation. I’d like to know what regulation. MOWINS is the vehicle that carries the record, like any other EMR. So, you’re telling me if we had paper WIC charts instead of electronic charts it would be okay to provide that documentation? I’ve already seen a drastic decrease in my Medicaid revenue over the last five years and in-kind thousands of dollars every year to WIC…