Nursing Home Vent Prior Authorization

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has mandated that nursing facilities request pre-admission and continued stay authorization for individuals requiring mechanical ventilation services. Requests for authorization are submitted via the Georgia Health Partnership (GHP) web portal utilizing the online Adult Nursing Home Vent DMA-6 form or the Pediatric Nursing Home Vent DMA-6A form for individuals less than 21 years of age.

To assist providers with PA entry, GMCF has developed a web entry guide that provides step by step instructions for entering Vent PAs via the web portal. To access this guide, click the link below:

Nursing Home Vents PA Web Entry (pdf format)

To accommodate additional training needs, a Vent PA training session has been recorded. To access the recorded session, you will be prompted to complete a registration page. Upon completion of the registration information, access will be granted to the WebEx file and viewer. Instructions on how to download the WebEx file and viewer will be provided at that time. Click the link below to register and access the training session:

Register for Vent PA Training

Please direct all questions regarding Provider training to dbarrett@gmcf.org