If Providers Choice,
Inc. should ever propose to terminate your participation
with the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
for cause, you have the right to request an administrative
review of the proposed termination. This administrative
review presents a final opportunity for you to present
additional information regarding your serious deficiency
determination and failure to accomplish the specified
corrective action plan.
If you would like to request
an administrative review, notice of your request must
be presented in writing and received in the PCI office
no later than 15 days from your receipt of our certified
letter to you advising of our proposed actions.
Your request must be sent to the Finance and Accounting,
Providers Choice, Inc., 10901 Red Circle
Drive Suite 100, Minnetonka, MN 55343. If you choose
not to request an administrative review your participation
in the CACFP will be terminated effective 16 days
from your receipt of this certified letter. If you
do request an administrative review you will have
30 days from your receipt of this certified letter
to submit any pertinent documentation to the Appeal Official.
Once your documentation
is received the Appeal Official will
examine your case and decide whether or not to uphold
your proposed actions. The decision of this Appeal Official
is final, immediate and cannot be
appealed.
Please note, Providers Choice will not terminate your participation and will continue to process and pay any valid claims submitted for 15 days from the date of your receipt of this certified letter (if you do not request an administrative review) or until the Appeal Official has made a final decision on your appeal (if you do request an administrative review).
If you are disqualified from CACFP participation your name will be placed on a National Disqualified List, which is a list maintained by the Federal government of providers who are blocked from enrolling in any of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child Nutrition Programs anywhere in the USA for a period of up to seven years.
A decision to voluntarily
terminate your participation in the CACFP while having
been declared seriously deficient in your operation
of the program will also result in your name being
placed on the National Disqualified List.