Moving to the New Waivers CAPMRDD Waivers Update 1008

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Moving to the New WaiversCAP-MR/DD Waivers
Update10-08

• Rose Burnette, Sandy Ellsworth, Cheryl Smith
• Division of Mental Health-Developmental
  Disabilities-Substance Abuse Services

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New Waivers

• Two new waiver applications were submitted to the
  Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
  on August 1, 2008
• Implementation date is November 1, 2008
• Since they are considered new waivers by CMS,
  initial approval will be for a maximum of 3 years.

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New Waivers

• Supports Waiver-maximum annual benefit at 17,500
• Comprehensive Waiver-replacement for the current
  waiver with maximum annual benefit at 135,000

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Objectives of the Supports Waiver and the
Comprehensive Waiver

• Enhancing the focus on person-centered planning
  and the alignment of services and supports with
  person-centered plans.

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Objectives of the Supports Waiver and the
Comprehensive Waiver

• Modified day supports, supported employment, and
  long term vocational supports
• To ensure that participants are progressing
  towards their employment goals,
• AND have meaningful daily activities.

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Objectives of the Supports Waiver and the
Comprehensive Waiver

• Modifying residential services to facilitate
  smaller community congregate living situations
• Facilitate living and working in the Most
  Integrated Setting and
• Improving outcome-based quality assurance
  systems.

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Supports Waiver

• For individuals who live in their own home or
  reside with their family with some support
• and individuals who live in licensed residential
  facilities.
• Self-direction is an option in this waiver for
  individuals living in their own home or with
  their family.
• The Supports Waiver contains an annual maximum
  cost limit of 17, 500.

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Comprehensive Waiver

• Intended for individuals who reside in their own
  home reside with their family or receive
  residential services in community congregate
  settings in the community.
• The Comprehensive Waiver contains an maximum
  annual cost limit of 135,000.

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Moving to the New Waivers

• CORE VALUES

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What are Core Values?

• The Core Values
• a set of ideas and norms
• established to express the foundation
• in which services are to be created, implemented
  and delivered
• to all participants of Developmental Disabilities
  and CAP-MR/DD waiver services and supports

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What are the Core Values?

• The Core Values are
• Empowerment
• Community
• Partnership
• Integrity
• Commitment
• Quality

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Empowerment

• Empowerment is
• a process that challenges our assumptions about
  the way things are and can be.
• challenges our basic assumptions about power,
  helping, achieving, and succeeding.
• The process which enables one to gain power,
  authority and influence over others, institutions
  or society.

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Community

• Communities share
• intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs,
  risks,
• and a number of other conditions that may be
  present and common,
• affecting the identity of participants and their
  degree of cohesiveness.

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Partnership

• A relationship between individuals or groups,
• characterized by mutual cooperation and
  responsibility,
• for the achievement of a specified goal.

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Integrity  

• It is the concept of basing of one's actions on
  an internally consistent framework of principles.
  
• Integrity can be expressed as personal honesty
  acting according to one's beliefs and values at
  all times.

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Commitment

• The means to duty or pledge to something or
  someone, the state of being bound emotionally or
  intellectually to a course of action or to
  another person or persons.
• We use this word commitment or committed to
  express why we do what we do. We must realize
  that commitment is not just a word but it is an
  action.

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Quality

• The totality of features and characteristics of a
  product or service that bear on its ability to
  satisfy stated or implied needs.

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Quality Measures

• Rose Burnette
• DMH/DD/SAS

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Quality Improvement System Development

• New waiver applications required enhanced
  attention to the states quality
  improvement/management system
• Quality Improvement Strategy is evidence based
  and is a continuous Quality Improvement process

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Quality Improvement Strategies
• Waiver Administration and operation
• Qualified Providers
• Health and Safety
• Level of Care
• Service Planning
• Financial Accountability

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Waiver Administration and operation
• DMA-DMH-DD-SAS formal agreement
• DMA monitoring of DMH-DD-SAS compliance to
  requirements

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Level of Care
• Ensuring participants meet LOC criteria
• Ensuring LOC process is completed per
  requirements
• CNR completion per required timelines and

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Qualified Providers
• Licensure and/or certification standards
• Completion of criminal records checks
• Health Care Personnel Registry Checks
• Non-licensed AFL providers
• LME monitoring

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Service Planning
• PCP address needs and personal outcomes
• Participant satisfaction
• Risk assessment
• PCP completion per requirements

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Health and Welfare
• Risk assessment
• Incident Reporting
• Reports of abuse and neglect
• Review of Level II and III Incidents
• Use of restraints
• Routine dental and health care

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Quality Improvement System Development

• Next steps
• Development of a System wide data base
• Implementation of processes
• Training

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National Accreditation

• Requirements for CAP-MR/DD

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National Accreditation

• Providers will have one year from the date of
  enrollment with DMA or the implementation date of
  the waiver, whichever is later, to earn National
  Accreditation.
• Requirement is based on legislation

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Provider Endorsement and Compliance to Staff
Training/Core Competencies

• Endorsement of new services
• LME review of providers for compliance of
  additional staff training/core competencies

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Endorsement of New Services

• Home Supports
• Long Term Vocational Service
• Crisis Respite

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Endorsement of New Services

• Behavioral Consultant
• Revisions based on public comment
• Revision will be posted on DMA web site for
  public comment
• After the public comment period endorsement can
  be initiated and completed.

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Endorsement of New Services

• Home Supports
• written and designed to contain the elements and
  requirements of Residential Supports.
• Home Supports is the only service that can be
  rendered by parents who live with their adult
  child.
• Currently parents may provide Home and Community
  Supports and Personal Care services to their
  adult child living in the home.

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Endorsement of New Services

• Home Supports
• Existing providers of Residential Support
  services, who intend to provide the new service,
  Home Supports, endorsement is not required.
• Existing providers of Residential Support
  services are required to sign the attestation
  letter indicating compliance to the Home Supports
  service definition.

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Endorsement of New Services

• Endorsement completed per the DHHS Policy and
  Procedures for Endorsement of Providers of
  Medicaid Reimbursable MH/DD/SA Services.
• Statewide enrollment, of the services provided,
  with DMA, and a signed MOA with each LME
  indicating which services they will deliver
  within the LME catchment area.

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Modifications to Existing Service Definitions

• Modifications include additional staff
  qualifications and training/core competencies
  requirements
• Adult Day Health, Crisis Services, Day Supports,
  Home and Community Support, Personal Care,
  Residential Supports, Respite, and Supported
  Employment.

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Modifications to Existing Service Definitions

• Providers are required to sign the Attestation
  Letter, indicating
• their understanding of the new staff
  training/core competency requirements, AND
• compliance to the added requirements prior to
  delivering the services, AND
• acknowledgement of the LMEs monitoring of
  compliance to the requirements within 60 days of
  implementation of the waivers.

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Modifications to Existing Definitions

• Providers submit the signed Attestation letter to
  DMA Provider Services with their completed
  Addendum Application
• Copy to the LME

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Modifications to Existing Definitions

• LMEs MUST monitor providers within 60 days of
  implementation of the waivers or provider
  delivery of the service.
• To ensure compliance to the new requirements.
• DMH-DD-SAS will verify the LME monitoring.

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CAP-MR/DD Waivers

• Service Definitions
• October 2008

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Opportunity
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Opportunity

• What do people want
• Whats working
• What needs to be fixed

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GOAL

• Develop quality services that give the
  opportunity for to
• have real lives
• have real jobs
• have real choices
• make decisions about their lives

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Changes

• Created Two Separate Waivers
• Staff Training
• Staff Qualifications
• Services
• Added 4 new services
• Clarified Definitions
• Clarified UR Guidelines

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Staff Training Requirements

• Added Staff Training/Competencies to all
  definitions for direct service staff
• Added Requirement for First Aid and CPR to all
  definitions for direct service staff

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Staff Training -Competencies

• Elements for Core Values
• Elements for Person Centered Thinking
• Elements for Role/Purpose/Philosophy of Services
• Elements for Participant Rights
• Elements for Overview of Developmental
  Disabilities

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Staff Training -Competencies

• Elements for Interaction and Communication
• Elements for Service and Documentation
• Elements for Incident/Accident and Other
  Reportable Events
• Participant Specific Competencies

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Staff Qualifications

• Direct Care Staff, providing services, MUST have
  a High School Diploma or GED.

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Personal Care and Respite

• Requirement for High School Diploma or GED.
• Existing staff will have 18 months to obtain
  their High School Diploma or GED.
• All new staff must have proof of High School
  Diploma or GED upon hire/prior to delivering
  services.

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New Services

• Home Supports
• Crisis Respite
• Behavior Consultant
• Long Term Vocational Supports

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Participants Living with their Family

• Person Centered Planning
• Participant chooses what services/supports and
  who provides services/supports
• Choices
• Home Supports Family or Guardian of the Person
  living with the participant
• Home and Community and/or Personal Care- Person
  Not Living with Participant

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Participants Living with their Family

• Participant can chose to receive both service
  types
• Home Support
• Home and Community- Personal Care Services
• BUT
• Not on the same day

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Participants Living with their Family

• Example
• Participant lives with Grandma in Grandmas home.
  
• Participant chooses Grandma to provide services
  Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• Grandma agrees and will provide Home supports on
  those days.
• AND.

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Participants Living with their Family

• Example, cont.
• Participant wants Acme Agency to provide services
  the remainder of the weekTuesday, Thursday,
  Saturday and Sunday.
• Acme services agrees and provides Home and
  Community Supports and/or Personal Care the other
  days the week.

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Home Supports

• Blended service-
• Combination of Home and Community and Personal
  Care
• Daily (per diem) Service/Rate-
• Similar to Residential Supports-
• Levels I, II, III and IV

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Home Supports

• Provided by
• Parents, Step Parents, Adoptive Parents- residing
  with the Participant
• Guardian of the Person residing with the
  Participant
• Other family members residing with the Participant

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Home Supports

• May be used with
• Community Component of Home and Community
  Supports (4 hours per day to develop an
  individualized day program)
• Respite
• Day Supports
• Long Term Vocational Supports
• Supported Employment

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Home Supports Grid

• Compares
• Home Supports
• Residential Supports
• Home and Community Supports
• Personal Care

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Long Term Vocational Supports

• Provides periodic support to individuals
• 1) Who have successfully obtained a
  competitive job
• 2) No longer need Supported Employment
• 3) Who need occasional monitoring and support

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Crisis Respite

• A short term service designed for the individual
  experiencing a crisis for which a period of
  structured support and/or programming is
  required.
• The service may be used only when the
  implementation of Crisis Services has failed to
  result in stabilization of dangerous, and
  potentially life threatening behaviors.

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Crisis Respite

• The service is provided in a licensed facility or
  licensed private home respite setting, separate
  and apart from the individuals living
  arrangement.

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Behavioral Consultant

• Provides consultation, support and training in
  procedures and techniques that are designed to
  decrease problem behaviors and increase positive
  replacement behaviors.

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Behavioral Consultant

• The service is Habilitative in nature, and
  intended to assist the individual in acquiring
  and maintaining the skills necessary to live in
  their communities and avoid institutional
  placement.
• The definition is being revised and will be
  posted for public comment.

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Definitions Clarified

• Personal Care
• Respite
• Home and Community Supports Community Component

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Personal Care - Respite

• Enhanced Personal Care or Respite
• An individual receiving enhanced personal care
  has needs that require
• Additional skill level
• Additional training so that a higher level of
  decision can be made
• Additional supervision

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Home and Community Supports

• Individualized Day Program

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Community Component of Home and Community Supports

• Must be structured
• Activities must not duplicate what is provided by
  Home Supports or Residential Supports
• Limited to 4 hours /day (Community Component of
  Home and Community Supports)

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Crisis Services

• Provides one additional staff person for the
  individual, as needed, during an acute crisis
  situation to support the individual to continue
  to participate in his/her daily routine and/or
  residential setting without interruption.
• Can be authorized for 14 days

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Crisis Services

• Imminent institutional admission may be avoided
  while protecting the individual from harming
  themselves or others.
• Supports the implementation of the crisis
  intervention component of the formal behavior
  intervention program developed by a licensed
  psychologist under the definition of Behavior
  Consultation.

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Crisis Services

• After any crisis event it is expected that
  recommendations and changes, as needed, be made
  to the intervention program, as well as the
  crisis plan within the Person Centered Plan.

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Services Modified

• Residential Supports
• Day Supports
• Supported Employment

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Residential Supports 3 beds or Less

• Residential Supports can be provided in
  licensed residential settings of 3 beds or less
  including
• licensed Alternative Family Living, or
• Foster Homes, and
• unlicensed alternative family living homes
  serving one adult

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Residential Supports 4 - 6 Beds

• Residential Supports may also be provided in
  licensed residential setting of 4 or 6 beds
• which were licensed prior to the implementation
  of the waivers and
• demonstrate a home and community character

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Residential Supports7-15 Beds

• Participants who reside in a facility with 7-15
  beds who were participating in the CAP-MR/DD
  Waiver at the time of implementation of the
  Waiver may continue receiving Residential
  Supports in their current living arrangement if
  it is justified in the Person Centered Plan.

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Residential Supports

• Person Centered Plan must address
• appropriateness of this placement,
• the unavailability of other appropriate
  placements
• and how this placement meets the home and
  community character.
• No other individuals receiving CAP-MR/DD services
  will be admitted to these homes except for short
  term respite.

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Residential Supports16 or more beds

• Individuals who live in facilities with 16 or
  more beds at the time of the implementation of
  the Waiver may continue receiving Residential
  Supports in their current living arrangement
  however
• there must be a plan implemented for the
  transition of these individuals into smaller
  community based living arrangements within three
  years of the implementation of this waiver.

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Residential Supports

• Transition plans must be developed within 6
  months of the implementation of the waiver.
• A progress report outlining activities completed
  toward transition must be accompanied with each
  Person Centered Plan and request for
  reauthorization of services.

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Residential Supports

• After implementation of the waiver,
• No individual admitted or residing in a facility
  with 16 or more beds will be eligible to receive
  CAP waiver services.

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Home Environment

• A home and community character is defined as a
  residence that
• Provides an environment like a home, and
• Provides full access to typical facilities in a
  home such as a kitchen with cooking facilities,
  small dining areas, and
• Provides for privacy, and

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Home Environment

• A home and community character is defined as a
  residence where
• Individuals are supported to receive visitors at
  times convenient to the individual, AND
• There is easy access to resources and activities
  in the community.
• Participants have the opportunity to be a part of
  the neighborhood and community

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Day Supports- modifications

• Purpose
• To assist with acquisition, retention, or
  improvement in self-help, socialization and
  adaptive skills.
• Day Supports can not be used to provide
  vocational services.

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Supported Employment

• Supported Employment- Individual
• Pre-job training/education and development
  activities
• To prepare a participant to engage in meaningful
  work-related activities

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Supported Employment

• May include
• career/educational counseling,
• job shadowing,
• assistance in the use of educational resources,

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Supported Employment

• May include
• training in resume preparation, job interview
  skills, study skills
• assistance in learning skills necessary for job
  retention and
• assisting a participant to operate a
  micro-enterprise.

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Supported Employment

• The purpose is to develop skills for competitive
  job placement.
• It is intended to be a short term service.
• Outcomes are developed that include a fading plan
  based on the individuals needs.

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Supported Employment

• Supported Employment- Group
• Transitional Work Services consist of
• supporting participants in transition to
  integrated, competitive employment
• through work that occurs in a location other than
  a licensed facility.
• Transitional work service options include, but
  are not limited to mobile work force, work
  station in industry, affirmative industry, and
  enclave.

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Supported Employment

• Mobile Work Force
• uses teams of individuals, supervised by a
  training/job supervisor,
• who conduct service activities away from an
  agency or facility.
• The provider agency contracts with an outside
  organization or business to perform maintenance,
  lawn care, janitorial services, or similar tasks
  and the individuals are paid by the provider.

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Services for Employment

• Vocational Rehabilitation services must be
  considered prior to using waiver services.

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Utilization Guidelines

• 1
• Direct Service Required
• (Case Management is not included)

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• Habilitiation for Children
• No CAP-MR/DD Service Utilized in school
• No CAP-MR/DD Habilitation Services Utilized
  during the time that school is typically in
  session

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• If the IEP indicates that the school day is less
  than the standard day, only non- habilitative
  service may be used for the remainder of the
  school day.

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• Habilitiation for Children
• Children Home Schooled
• Home Schooling Certificate
• Dates and times of home schooling
• Home Schooling follows the same hours as the
  school

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• Current Waiver-
• A participant enrolled in public school or are
  between 5-15 years of age can receive no more
  than 6 hours of habilitation a day when school is
  in operation according to the calendar published
  by the LEA.
• Participants who do not fall under the above
  guideline may receive 12 hours of habilitation a
  day.

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• Habilitation Maximums
• Adults 12 hours per day
• Include habilitation portion of Home Supports and
  Residential Supports
• Children may receive 3 hours of habilitation on a
  school day and an additional 3 hours may be
  approved if clearly justified during school days.

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Clarified Utilization Review Guidelines

• Children may receive 9 hours of habilitation
  during a non-school day. An additional 3 hours of
  habilitation may be approved if clearly
  justified.

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Utilization Review

• Includes
• NC SNAP with justification
• Evaluations
• Initial
• Required for equipment
• Additional justification

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Utilization Review

• Includes
• Review of Person Centered Plan
• Assurance of Health and Safety
• Client Rights Committees
• Do the services meet the needs

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Home Supports Residential Supports

• Level 1 2 ½ - 4 ½ hours of direct service per
  day
• Level 2 4 ½ 6 ½ hours of direct service per
  day
• Level 3 6 1/2 - 9 ½ hours of direct service per
  day
• Level 4 8 ½ - 12 ½ hours of direct service per
  day

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Home SupportsResidential Supports

• Blend of Habilitation and Personal Care
• Must include a minimum of 1 hour of habilitiation

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Transition

• Movement to the new Waivers

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Waiver Opportunities in NC

• If a participants cost summary is under 17,500,
  they will be entered into the Supports Waiver.
• If a participants cost summary is between 17,501
  and 135,000, they will be entered into the
  Comprehensive Waiver.

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Waiver Transition Process
STEP 1 DMH/DD/SAS requested from
LMEs Annualized cost summary data.
STEP 2 Based on cost summary data, DMH/DD/SAS
assigned participants to either the
Comprehensive Waiver or the Supports Waiver.
STEP 3 DMH/DD/SAS provided the LMEs with
participant lists for each waiver.
STEP 6 The Case Manager will complete the Case
Manager Transition Process Check Sheet per
participant, to include waiver assignment,
waiver differences, any issues and appeal rights.
STEP 4 LMEs submit participant specific Waiver
Transition Letter to Case Manager agencies and
local DSS office, identifying participant and
waiver assignment.
STEP 5 The Case Manager will hand deliver or
mail the Waiver Transition Letter to the
participant and/or legally responsible person.
STEP 7 The Case Manager will send a copy of the
Case Manager Transition Process Check Sheet to
the LME, the participant and place original in
the participant file
STEP 9 The CAP-MR/DD participant transitions to
new waivers (new services if authorized) November
1, 2008, pending CMS approval.
Step 8 The DSS will enter the appropriate
indicator on the Medicaid card, CM-
Comprehensive and C2 Supports Waiver
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Multi Agency Involvement with the Transition
Process

• The Division of Mental Health-Developmental
  Disabilities-Substance Abuse Services
  (DMH-DD-SAS) has had ongoing dialog with the
  Local Management Entities (LME), Division of
  Medical Assistance (DMA) and Value Options (V0)
  to develop the transition process.

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Multi Agency Involvement with the Transition
Process

• The Local Management Entities provided DMH/DD/SAS
  with information, secured from case managers,
  regarding each participants current cost summary.

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Other Agencies-

• DMH/DD/SAS notifies Division of Medical
  Assistance and the local County Department of
  Social Services of the processes and the list of
  participants for each waiver.
• DSS is responsible for Medicaid enrollment and
  processes the Medicaid Card on a monthly basis.

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Department of Social Services

• Is responsible for Medicaid enrollment
• Has updated information regarding waiver status
  and the Medicaid status.
• Processes the Medicaid Card on a monthly basis.

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Department of Social Services

• Comprehensive Waiver
• Medicaid card remains with same indicator code of
  CM
• Supports Waiver
• Medicaid card will have a new indicator code of
  C2

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Division of Mental Health-Developmental
Disabilities-Substance Abuse Services

• Provides LMEs with names of participants in each
  waiver.
• Provides LMEs with process for notifying
  participants and guardian/responsible person.

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Local Management Entities

• Submits the Waiver Transition Letters to Case
  Managers and DSS regarding the transition
  process.
• The Waiver Transition Letter is specific to each
  participant and their waiver assignment.

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Case Managers

• Meetings with participants, guardians and
  responsible persons
• Waiver assignment
• Waiver differences
• Any Issues, and
• Appeal Rights

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Service Specific Transition

• The Waivers

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New Service Definitions for the Supports Waiver

• Case Manager to complete revision for -----

• Long Term Vocational Support
• Crisis Respite

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Services not included in Supports Waiver

• Home Supports
• Residential Supports

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New Service Definitions for the Comprehensive
Waiver

• Case Manager to complete revision for -----

• Long Term Vocational Support
• Crisis Respite
• Home Support

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Transition

• Moving Services

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All Plans of Care

• Case Manager, participant and Team responsible
  for
• Review Plan of Care
• Address issues with Transition
• Make necessary revisions
• If no changes in services are needed, nothing
  submitted to Value Options

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Adding new service or changing existing services

• Complete the Plan of Care revision
• Submit complete and accurate information to Value
  Options
• If no changes in services are needed, no
  information submitted to Value Options

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New Service Request cont

• Can not bill new services prior to November 1,
  2008 or implementation of the new waivers.
• Can not bill new services until the appropriate
  authorization is in place.

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Completion of CNRs

• CNR(s) due November 1, 2008,
  December 1, 2008,
• January 1, 2009
• Send new Plan of Care and Revision for potential
  changes at the same time.
• If there is a delay in the implementation of the
  waivers, Value Options can make the changes in
  service orders immediately with both Plans of
  Care and Revisions.

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Plan of Care / Person Centered Plan

• Implementation Schedule for the use of the
  uniform PCP format
• January 2009 all initial and CNRs are to be
  completed using the uniform PCP document.
• By January 2010 all plans will be on the uniform
  document.

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Summary

• Use the current POC for current revisions
• Use the most current Cost Summary form
• Ensure all data elements are correct, and the
  mandated documentation is accurate and complete!

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Appeals Process

• As of 10/3/08 all informal appeals have been
  completed
• All other appeals have been sent to Office of
  Administrative Hearings (OAH)
• There will be no more informal appeals
• Two Options
• Mediation
• Formal Appeal

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CAP MR/DD Access and Eligibility Services Flow

• STEP 5E
• LME sends copies to recipients
• Mail approved MR2 with PA to
• DSS and TCM
• DSS will need MR2 and PCP to
• turn on waiver indicator

• STEP 5F
• IF Denial of ICF-MR
• Level Of Care
• 10 days to submit
• Notice of Denial

STEP 1 STR Screening, Triage Referral
STEP 2A Referral for Comprehensive Clinical
Assessment
STEP 2B Referral to TCM agency

• STEP 5D
• Murdoch Stamps Original
• MR2 Approved
• Murdoch has 5 business days
• to send to LME

• STEP 6 TCM
• Submit PCP to UR vendor
• 30 days from MR2 signature
• READY FOR SERVICES

• STEP 3 TCM
• MA Eligibility, if applicable
• 8 Hrs Unmanaged (MA) Begins
• CTCM Submitted
• Referral To LME if waiver
• services requested
• READY FOR SERVICES

• STEP 5C
• LME Mails Original MR2 to
• Murdoch
• LME has 5 business
• Days to submit MR2 (original)

• STEP 7
• CAP-MR/DD Waiver
• Services Rendered
• LME/TCM has 120 days to
• Implement services upon slot
• Allocation

• STEP 4 LME
• Prioritization Tool Completed
• Request Slot (based on
• availability of funding)
• MR2 completed
• Referral to Murdoch for LOC

• STEP 5B
• Murdoch completes
• LOC
• LME has 5 business
• Days to submit MR2
• (Copy) to Murdoch

STEP 5A TCM follows up with local DSS for MA
(CAP) Eligibility
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Risk Assessment

• Tool and Instructions

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Risk Identification

• All risks are not bad!
• Life events affect everyone differently.
• Not all crisis are behavioral in nature.
• Growth-Maturity comes from taking risks.
• Identifying and addressing risks are the key to
  crisis prevention.

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Types of choices their consequences

• Trivial - Do you want the blue or black pen?
• Minor, reversible consequences - You spent your
  money on a CD, so you dont have any for a
  movie.
• Minor, irreversible - You ate the Twinkie, so
  you cant get your money back because you changed
  your mind.
• Major, reversible Marriage.
• Major, irreversible Unprotected sex resulting
  in HIV/Aids.

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Risk Identification

• Risk Identification Tool identifies potential
  risk and asks for the reason why this is a risk
  for this person.
• Use of the Tool creates a risk assessment.

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Risk Identification Tool

• Identifies issues in the following areas
• Situational
• Environmental
• Behavioral
• Medical
• Financial
• Review of incidents from the incident
  reporting system

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Risk Identification Tool

• A means to discuss risk as it relates to the
  participant
• Reviews risk from all view points
• Different environments
• Different activities
• Allows opportunities to reduce, or eliminate
  risks.
• Identifies potential crisis

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Risk Assessment

• The Risk Assessment created using information
  attained using the Risk Identification Tool is
  considered during the development of the Person
  Centered Plan.
• Supports, strategies and goals will be developed
  based on information learned from the Risk
  Assessment.

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Health, Safety and Risk
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Health, Safety and Risk

• A question of balance.
• Balance implies that the person gets more of
  what is important to him or her as a unique
  individual and that issues of health or safety
  are effectively addressed within the context of
  how the person wants to live. (Smull)
• Supporting choice while not promoting harm.

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Prioritization

• Prioritization Tool,
• Process
• And
• Instructions

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Prioritization Tool

• The waiver application requires states to specify
  how individuals will be identified to receive
  waiver funding and to assure statewideness.
• The CAP-MR/DD Waiver Services Prioritization Tool
  is used to assess the intensity of need of
  individuals requesting CAP-MR/DD Waiver funding.

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Crisis is Defined As

• Homelessness or pending imminent homelessness
  with no viable housing alternative.
• Requiring protection from confirmed abuse,
  neglect, or exploitation.

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Crisis Is Defined As

• At significant risk of serious physical harm in
  current environment.
• At significant risk of causing serious physical
  harm to others in current environment.

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Crisis Is Defined As

• Caregivers unable to provide adequate care due to
  caregivers significantly impaired health.

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Prioritization Tool

• The tool has six sections covering the areas of
  need
• Habilitation Support
• Medical and Related Support
• Personal Care and Adaptive Equipment
• Array of Current Supports and Services
• Risk of Institutionalization
• Length of time waiting for CAP-MR/DD waiver
  funding

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Prioritization Tool

• The LME completes the tool by interviewing family
  or another person who is very familiar with the
  individual.
• Information is updated
• When additional funding is available
• When the needs of the individual change

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