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DDAP Adds Third Option to List of Approved ASAM Criteria Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) has added a third option to its list of approved ASAM Criteria education.
- The ASAM Criteria New Training Announcement 2022 details course content and access instructions to this online course from ASAM.
- The ASAM Criteria Training Options 2022 provides a list of all DDAP-approved education on the ASAM Criteria.
For more information on ASAM, visit DDAP’s website.
HHS Distributing $2 Billion More in Provider Relief Fund Payments to Health Care Providers Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
ALYN PARC Introduces Monthly Webinar Series — Monday, February 7
RCPA Signs Letter Urging Action on Substantial Delays in Issuing Professional Licenses
Documents From February 2 MLTSS Subcommittee Meeting
On February 2, 2022, the monthly Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Subcommittee held their monthly meeting. The handouts referenced and shared during this monthly meeting are provided below:
- Meeting Agenda
- DHS/OLTL 2022 Priorities Presentation
- Medicaid Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh (MRC) Report on the Evaluation of CHC
- 2021 HCBS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey Statewide Overview and MCO Analysis
The next MLTSS Subcommittee meeting is scheduled for March 1, 2022.
DOH Announces New, Additional Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Sites
Allegheny County DHS Announces Change for HealthChoices Oversight
As the state’s primary contractor for Medicaid-funded behavioral health (BH) care services (HealthChoices), Allegheny County DHS is responsible for $420M in state-managed care funding to deliver behavioral health services to approximately 260,000 county residents through its contracted partnership with Community Care Behavioral Health.
Historically, as the primary contractor to the state for the HealthChoices program, DHS has delegated its oversight and monitoring functions for this program to Allegheny Health Choices, Inc. (AHCI), and AHCI has done tremendous work helping the county to meet state obligations over the years. Increasingly however, the county has determined that making a structural change to bring monitoring and oversight in-house can streamline those functions and further strengthen the HC program for Allegheny County.
For this reason, the county, together with DHS, has made the decision to transition HealthChoices oversight and monitoring functions from AHCI to DHS, with expected changes to occur in the first quarter of 2023.
See below for further information:
OFCCP Affirmative Action Webinar — February 1
Shared with RCPA by ACCSES:
The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will hold a webinar at 2:00 pm EST on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, “on the registration process for OFCCP’s new Contractor Portal. Federal contractors are required to take affirmative action to provide equal employment opportunities. Federal contractors meeting specific jurisdictional thresholds are required to develop a written Affirmative Action Program (AAP) under each of the laws enforced by OFCCP. Covered federal contractors must use the Contractor Portal to certify, on an annual basis, whether they have developed and maintained an AAP for each establishment and/or functional unit, as applicable.”
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