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TAR Clinical Review - Cal-PM

Review the TAR requests and determine if they are acceptable. Document your review and comments for each.

Note: A TAR must be filed for the client through the TAR Administrative Form.


  1. Go to: Avatar PM > Client Management > TAR
    Result: The Episode Information field displays detailed information about the TAR.
  2. In the Select TAR field, select the Treatment Authorization Requests that have been processed for the selected episode.
  3. The Note to Clinician field displays comments entered in the Note to Clinician field on the TAR Administrative form.
  4. The Compliance Note field displays compliance comments entered in the Compliance Notes field on the TAR Administrative form.

Daily Clinical Review

  1. In the Inpatient Date field, select the date.
  2. In the Decision field, select whether this TAR is:
    • Approved
    • Denied
    • Pending
  3. The TAR Admit Date field displays the date of admission for the client episode.
  4. In the Reviewing Clinician field, select the clinician who is reviewing the TAR.
  5. In the Date Reviewed field, enter the date that the TAR was reviewed. By default, the today's date is entered.
  6. The TAR Discharge Date field displays the date of discharge for the client episode.
  7. In the Select Inpatient Date field, select an existing date or Create New.
  8. In the Daily Clinical Note field, enter relevant comments.
  9. Select Save Review Date to save the data and clear the form.
  10. Select Delete Review Date to remove the selected review entry for the TAR.

Quick Review

  1. In the Inpatient Dates field, select the dates for which to use Quick Review.
  2. In the Quick Review Daily Clinical Note field, enter a daily clinical note for the quick review dates selected.
  3. In the Set All Selected Dates To field, select whether all chosen dates should be Approved or Denied.
  4. Select Execute Quick Review.

TAR Clinical Summary

  1. In the Clinical Summary field, enter any summary comments.
  2. In the Physician Consultation Notes field, enter any comments regarding the physician consultation.
  3. In the MD Certifying Denied Days field, select the days.
  4. In the Certifying MD Summary field, review the summary.

Finalize Review

  1. In the Finalize Review field, select whether or not to mark the review for the TAR as final.
    Note: A date must be populated in the Date all TAR Paper Work obtained from Clinical Review field on the TAR Administrative Form in order for the TAR to be marked as Finalized.
  2. In the Date Completed by Clinician field, select the date that the TAR was finalized.
  3. In the Clinician Completing field, select the clinician who finalized the TAR review.
► SQL Tables
  • AUDIT.tar_review
  • AUDIT.tar_review_date
  • SYSTEM. tar_review
  • SYSTEM.tar_review_date