The agenda for the April 5, 2022, Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Subcommittee meeting has been released. The meeting will be held via webinar and remote streaming from 10:00 am–1:00 pm. Comments and questions regarding the meeting and agenda should be sent via email.
The conference line for the meeting is: 914-614-3221; PIN: 114-799-609#.
The links to participate via webinar and remote streaming are below.
The Self-Determination Housing of Pennsylvania (SDHP) Conference “Housing as a Human Right: Elevating Accessible Solutions” is coming up on May 5, 2022. This one-day conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Hershey/Harrisburg and will focus on expanding choice and control in housing for people with disabilities. The conference will include both in-person and some virtual programming. The conference will bring together leaders from across the commonwealth to discuss best practices and trends in accessible housing as well as address the systemic issues that people with disabilities face every day.
The Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) has announced they will be conducting a webinar about the PA Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Savings Program on April 20, 2022, from 10:00 am–11:00 am. A PA ABLE account gives individuals with qualifying disabilities (eligible individuals) and their families and friends a tax-free way to save for disability-related expenses while maintaining government benefits. The webinar will be presented by a representative from the PA Treasury Department.
OLTL Service Coordinators (SCs), Direct Service Providers (DSPs), Community HealthChoices Managed Care Organization (CHC MCO) staff, and any individuals that work on employment are strongly encouraged to participate in this webinar, which will help you understand the PA ABLE Program and how it can benefit the OLTL participants you serve.
Please register using this registration link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Questions regarding this webinar should be directed to Edward M. Butler, OLTL, at (717) 214-3718 or via email.
The Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) recently released the Request for Information (RFI) to gather feedback regarding the implementation of Agency With Choice (AWC) services for the participants of Medical Assistance (MA) managed care programs, the 1915(c) MA home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program, and a state-funded program.
Through these programs, eligible participants receive long-term services and supports (LTSS) and other benefits, depending on the particular program. Specifically, this RFI seeks information to assist OLTL in determining how it may improve options for LTSS participants to self-direct their services in the Community HealthChoices Program (CHC), OBRA Waiver, and the state-funded Act 150 Attendant Care Program through the procurement and implementation of AWC.
Through this RFI, OLTL is seeking to become more aware of and knowledgeable about current efforts to increase opportunities for self-direction and feedback on the implementation of AWC through a potential, future procurement. OLTL encourages interested parties, including vendors and stakeholders, to provide feedback in response to this RFI or any part of it. An interested party may respond to all or any of the specific questions or topics included in this RFI.
RFI responses are due by12:00 pm on March 25, 2022. Responses must be submitted electronically with “OLTL Agency With Choice RFI” in the email subject line. While OLTL does not intend to respond to questions or clarifications during the RFI response period, interested parties and individuals may submit administrative questions related to this RFI electronically using “OLTL Agency With Choice” in the email subject line. OLTL may or may not respond based on the nature of the question.
Join us to meet Acting DHS Secretary Meg Snead, who will be providing an update on the DHS priorities for 2022, at the RCPA Physical Disabilities & Aging Divison meeting on Thursday, March 17. Register here to participate; if you have already registered, please disregard this reminder. If you haven’t registered, please do so as soon as possible.
The meeting will be held via webcast on March 17, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Participants will hear what the latest updates are on both the federal and state levels, as well as a number of other issues impacting providers.
Note: if you have any difficulty registering, please contact Allison Brognia for assistance.
The next Financial Management Services (FMS) stakeholder meeting has been scheduled for April 1, 2022, from 1:00 pm–2:30 pm.
The purpose of this public meeting is to discuss upcoming changes for the administration of FMS under the Community HealthChoices (CHC), OBRA Waiver, and Act 150 programs. Representatives from the Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) and CHC Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) will be in attendance to discuss upcoming changes.
Please register using this registration link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
If you choose to use your phone to call in, please use the numbers below:
Dial in: 1 (415) 930-5321
Access Code: 847510418#
Audio PIN: shown after joining the webinar
On March 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reissued the March 2022 preview reports for the inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). These reports are related to the Care Compare refresh to correct errors with two functional measures and the clostridium difficile infection outcome measure.
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is offering a free webinar on the assessment and management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Dr. Chris Davlantes and Dr. Jamshid Ghajar will review the current state of mTBI assessment and management, as well as new advancements in biomarker testing. They will also provide an overview of the current standard of care, tools, and modalities, and discuss second impact syndrome.
Participants will learn about approaches and advancements in mTBI evaluation, and understand how brain injury biomarker testing can be used in conjunction with other clinical information to aid in the evaluation of suspected mTBI patients.
This free webinar is scheduled for March 22, 2022 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, is sponsored by Abbott and includes 1 ACBIS CEU. Register here.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a revised Medicare Learning Network (MLN) resource, Medicare Payment Systems, to reflect the 2022 regulation changes to payment, quality, and policy for all health settings. These include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health, hospital outpatient, inpatient psychiatric facility, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics & supplies (DMEPOS).
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