When the hearing is completed for the hearing review, the hearing official must enter the hearing review decision. The decision is based on the resolutions for each of the items under appeal.
The four possible resolutions are accepted, remanded, not decided, and rejected. An accepted resolution indicates that the appeal on the item under appeal has been accepted and the appropriate action must be taken on the original application, product delivery or issue case. A remanded resolution indicates that the appeal is being reviewed by the organization. A not decided resolution indicates that no decision has been made for the appeal. A rejected resolution indicates that the appeal has been rejected and the decision on the original application, product delivery or issue case is upheld.
The hearing reviewer attaches or creates a decision document which describes the items being appealed and their resolutions. This processing is described in the next section.
An overall hearing review decision must be entered which verifies that a resolution has been reached for all the items considered on the appeal. This marks the end of the first stage in the hearing review decision lifecycle.