After the hearing for a hearing review is completed, the hearing review decision lifecycle commences. A hearing review decision marks whether the appeal has been accepted or rejected.
For appeals with multiple decisions, the hearing review decision indicates whether or not a resolution has been successfully entered for each case or issue decision considered at the hearing.
Once a hearing is completed, a resolution or multiple resolutions are entered based on that hearing. A decision document can be attached to the hearing review to document the denied program applications, product delivery cases and/or issue cases considered at the hearing and the resolutions reached for each. The system automatically determines the overall hearing review decision based on the resolutions entered for each item under appeal. This starts the hearing review decision lifecycle.
The hearing review decision must be approved or rejected. The approval of a hearing review decision verifies that the hearing resolutions are to be implemented. A rejected resolution indicates that the appeal has been rejected and the decision on the original item application, product delivery or issue case is upheld. The final stage in the hearing review decision lifecycle is the implementation of the appeal decisions.