Regulatory watch
Oregon EVV requirements: OR PTC DCI and eXPRS
- OAR 410-127-0046, home health EVV, effective January 1, 2024, and the OHA reporting instructions
- OAR 411-031, homecare workers, compiled June 5, 2026
- Transmittal APD-PT-21-025, July 23, 2021
- The ODHS OR PTC DCI page, undated
- ODDS agency EVV guide, March 13, 2020
- CMS letter on Oregon home health, February 27, 2024
Oregon EVV by date
Seven dates, oldest first, each with its paper:
| Program | Date | What happened | Oregon text |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODDS agencies | Jan. 1, 2020. | Deadline for agency providers to keep an electronic visit record. | ODDS agency guide |
| ODDS support workers | Mar. 31, 2020. | Deadline to use eXPRS Mobile-EVV or hold an approved exception. | ODDS worker’s guide, Nov. 2019 |
| OR PTC DCI pilot | Aug. 1, 2021. | Provider Time Capture opens as a pilot. | APD-PT-21-025 |
| Homecare workers | Sept. 12, 2021. | Statewide move to OR PTC DCI. | APD-PT-21-024 |
| Home health | Jan. 1, 2024. | OAR 410-127-0046 takes effect; monthly reports to OHA. | Order DMAP 91-2023 |
| Federal review | Feb. 27, 2024. | CMS writes to OHA on home health EVV under section 1903(l). | CMS letter |
| In-home care agencies | Mar. 28, 2024. | EVV text added to OAR 411-033. | ODHS rulemaking notice |
Below 520px wide, the Oregon text column is reached by sliding the table. Each date was checked against its paper on November 5, 2026.
The rules, quoted
Home health first: subsection (1) of Oregon Administrative Rule 410-127-0046 states “Oregon Medicaid has selected the Provider Choice Model for EVV.” For homecare workers, rule 411-031-0020 defines EVV as “an interface that records the homecare worker’s start time, end time, and geolocation for a service delivered by a homecare worker…” The ODHS OR PTC DCI page lists three ways to clock time: the mobile app, the consumer’s landline, and a fob kept in the consumer’s home.
Who clocks in where
Homecare workers and personal care attendants paid through ODHS or OHA clock in OR PTC DCI, which replaced paper vouchers statewide on September 12, 2021 under transmittal APD-PT-21-024. Personal support workers in developmental disability services use eXPRS Mobile-EVV. Home health agencies choose a product and report each month to OHA. Under OAR 411-033 as amended on March 28, 2024, in-home care agencies serving APD consumers use an electronic visit verification system and report monthly to the department.
Where the visit was, as Oregon writes it
Oregon Administrative Rule 410-127-0046, effective January 1, 2024, treats a home health agency’s own system as falling short of EVV when it does not record the service location both when the visit opens and when it closes. The OHA instructions take a street address when latitude and longitude are missing. For homecare workers, APD-PT-21-025 of July 23, 2021 adds that away from the home only the mobile app counts. An ODDS guide of March 13, 2020 lists safety risk, such as stalking, as a reason to excuse location services.
Edits, exceptions and payment
Rule 411-031-0040, in its temporary text effective June 5, 2026, says an edited homecare worker time entry stops counting as EVV, as does a web portal entry with no fob code. The home health rule effective January 1, 2024 bars agencies from altering data points before sending a record and says services that fall short of its EVV terms are not eligible for payment and may be denied or recovered. It grants no agency-wide exception for an agency’s own system, though a limited exception for an individual or a rendering provider may be permitted.
What the reading left open
No single ODHS or OHA EVV program page turned up; the addresses tried returned errors. No source read from ODHS or OHA names an aggregator. No text read gives a dated start for claim denials outside home health. The homecare worker rule 411-031-0040 is temporary until December 1, 2026, and its EVV paragraph was not compared with the earlier permanent text. A 2020 OHA memo set targets that later rules replaced; they are left out here.
Where LockProof fits in Oregon
OR PTC DCI and eXPRS hold the record Oregon pays from. A LockProof photo serves the people beside it: a niece in Portland checking on her uncle in Bend, or a family paying privately for extra hours. Read how Oregon agencies can pair a photo app with EVV, or which fields a LockProof caregiver record carries.
When this was read
The Oregon papers here were read November 5, 2026; ODHS reissues its guides and rules on short notice. Every state appears in the EVV summary covering all fifty states, and the neighboring pages are listed below.
Common questions
Which EVV system does Oregon use?
It depends on the program. Homecare workers and personal care attendants clock time in OR PTC DCI, the ODHS Provider Time Capture system. Personal support workers in developmental disability services use eXPRS Mobile-EVV, and an ODDS guide of March 13, 2020 lets agencies upload visits from their own system to eXPRS instead. For home health, Oregon Administrative Rule 410-127-0046 says Oregon Medicaid "has selected the Provider Choice Model for EVV."
From what date does Oregon home health use EVV?
January 1, 2024, the effective date of Oregon Administrative Rule 410-127-0046, adopted by order DMAP 91-2023. The OHA reporting instructions have agencies send their visit data each month on an OHA template. A CMS letter to OHA dated February 27, 2024 answers Oregon’s home health EVV under the federal rule, following a good-faith exemption CMS granted for 2023.
Does Oregon EVV record location?
In several programs, yes. Oregon Administrative Rule 411-031-0020, as compiled on June 5, 2026, defines EVV for homecare workers as an interface recording start time, end time and geolocation, and the home health rule effective January 1, 2024 asks for the place of service when a visit opens and when it closes. No Oregon rule read names GPS for EVV, and none sets a distance limit; a March 2020 OHA fact sheet mentions GPS only in describing check-in methods in general.
Can an Oregon homecare worker clock in away from the home?
Yes, by app. Transmittal APD-PT-21-025, issued July 23, 2021, says there is no requirement for the homecare worker to be in the individual’s home when clocking in or out, but that away from the home only the OR PTC DCI mobile app counts. The landline belongs to the consumer, and the fob is a small device kept in the consumer’s home.
Can LockProof stand in for OR PTC DCI or eXPRS?
No, and neither system ever sees a LockProof photo. LockProof is not an EVV system. Homecare workers keep clocking time in OR PTC DCI, and ODDS providers in eXPRS. LockProof answers a separate question for families. An SMS link brings up the camera, uploads from storage blocked, and our server writes down the receipt moment of each photo. Should anyone later rework the image, a position the handset volunteered or the photo’s arrival time, the SHA-256 seal no longer agrees.
Is this Oregon page legal advice?
Not at all. This Oregon page restates what Oregon Administrative Rules, ODHS transmittals and guides, OHA instructions and two CMS letters contained as of November 5, 2026. Part of the homecare worker rule is temporary through December 1, 2026, and ODHS revises its guides often. Whether a given Oregon service sits under EVV, and through which system, is for an agency to settle with ODHS, OHA or its own lawyer.