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To: Providers of CPS and Transport-Trip Services

In the coming week, ODP will begin allowing providers to submit information on their fixed costs to be considered for potential reimbursement. In preparation for this, providers who wish to be considered should begin gathering the following information: estimated CPS revenue 1/1/21–6/30/21, estimated transport trip revenue 1/1/21–6/30/21, estimated fixed costs 1/1/21–6/30/21 for building related expenses (lease/mortgage, utilities, insurance, and maintenance), and vehicle related expenses (lease/depreciation, insurance, and maintenance). We will also ask for actual fixed costs for the period 7/1/19–6/30/20 for the same categories.

We recognize that this is not a comprehensive list of the fixed costs you may incur, but is meant to capture the significant ones consistently across providers. We will collect this information via an online survey over the course of a few weeks. Upon analyzing the submitted information and available funding, providers could expect to receive reimbursement for some or all of these costs in the form of a gross adjustment issued prior to the end of May.

Rick Smith l Director
PA Department of Human Services l Office of Developmental Programs
Bureau of Financial Management and Program Support
625 Forster Street Room 412 l Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-783-4873
www.dhs.pa.gov  www.myodp.org

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This is a reminder that ODP is requesting providers to identify a point person to complete the National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey for 2020. Please complete this survey by March 15.

This survey will take less than a minute to complete.

If your agency has already returned the information, thank you. See the original communication below for more information:

Good morning:

Pennsylvania will once again be participating in the National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey for 2020. There will be further information forthcoming on this critical survey, but initially, we are attempting to provide the cleanest possible contact list to the survey organizers to ensure a robust, statistically significant response rate from ODP providers. We expect the survey to be open for completion during the months of April and May.

As background, you can find previous years’ reports here. We are asking that each provider agency identify an email and phone number for the appropriate person to complete the survey. This would typically be a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Finance/Payroll, or Human Resources (HR) professional.

You can identify the appropriate person using this link. This contact survey will be available until March 15. If you do not provide an updated contact point, it would be our intention to use your Act 24 reporting contact as the initial contact for your agency. This can always be changed later, but it will be more efficient to identify the correct respondent up front. There can only be one identified reporting email per agency (MPI). Thank you in advance for your attention.

Rick Smith  l  Director
PA Department of Human Services  l  Office of Developmental Programs
Bureau of Financial Management and Program Support
625 Forster Street Room 412  l  Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-783-4873
www.dhs.pa.gov  www.myodp.org

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is announcing a webinar series, Empowering Teams to Discover Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) from TechOWL, a program of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Learn how to build a team to find and implement AAC solutions for individuals with complex communication needs. The flyer contains the schedule and registration link for these trainings. Each of the three webinar topics will be repeated across multiple cycles. Attend consecutive trainings in one complete cycle or select dates from different cycles that work for your schedule. Register here.

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CDC Guidelines were updated March 8, 2021:

How to Protect Yourself and Others

COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic.

We’re still learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19. After you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions in public places like wearing a mask, staying six feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces until we know more.

To read all of the guidance visit the CDC: When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated web page.

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Intellectual disability puts individuals at higher risk of dying earlier in life than the general population, for a variety of medical and institutional reasons. A new study, (published 3/5/21) from Jefferson Health, examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected this group, which makes up 1–3% of the US population. The study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst, found that intellectual disability was second only to older age as a risk factor for dying from COVID-19.

“The chances of dying from COVID-19 are higher for those with intellectual disability than they are for people with congestive heart failure, kidney disease or lung disease,” says lead author Jonathan Gleason, MD, the James D. and Mary Jo Danella Chief Quality Officer for Jefferson Health. “That is a profound realization that we have not, as a healthcare community, fully appreciated until now.”

The authors examined 64 million patient records from 547 health care organizations between January 2019 and November 2020, to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with intellectual disabilities. They identified variables such as COVID-19, intellectual disability or other health conditions, as well as demographic factors such as age.

The results showed that those with intellectual disabilities were 2.5 times more likely to contract COVID-19, were about 2.7 times more likely to be admitted to the hospital, and 5.9 times more likely to die from the infection than the general population.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is distributing ODPANN 21-025: Respite for a Participant Receiving Life Sharing Services. This communication is intended to clarify which procedure codes to use for a participant receiving Respite services in a Life Sharing setting. ODP is implementing five new 24-hour Respite service procedure codes that represent Respite for a participant(s) who receives this service in a Life Sharing setting only (whether licensed or unlicensed). Please review the announcement for additional information.

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Health Risk Screening, Inc. has rebranded and is now known as IntellectAbility. The change in name is to reflect the vast array of resources the company offers to empower support teams, administrators, and clinicians with necessary and proven tools for early risk detection to replace risk with health and wellness.

IntellectAbility develops and distributes the Health Risk Screening Tool, eLearn courses relating to health risk reduction, and person-centered services to supporters of people with I/DD. Health and wellness thrive in the absence of uncertainty, misinformation, and risk for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Understanding this is vital for those entrusted to support people in living lives they love. Visit and bookmark IntellectAbility’s new website at ReplacingRisk.com.

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