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CareWide, located in Scranton, PA, has been awarded grant funding from the Department of Labor and Industry and is now offering FREE training for PCAs, DCWs, caregivers, and similar staff members!

From now until the end of the year, you can send your caregivers or PCAs to CareWide for hands-on in person training in over 40 personal caregiving skills — all at no cost to you. The training is held from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and is completed in one day. Additionally, if the worker needs CPR, AED, and First Aid certification, they can return for another 4 hours of training, also free of charge. That’s a total of 12 hours of training for free! This offer is valid through the end of 2024.

To learn more, read CareWide’s rack card.

Questions can be directed to:
Marilyn Major, CEO
CareWide, LLC
570-340-0555

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The Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) has drafted proposed changes to the 2024-2027 VR Services Portion of the Combined State Plan to implement an Order of Selection. A public comment period will be opened from October 7, 2024 – October 28, 2024.

Members of the public may provide feedback on the proposed changes by submitting comments electronically or by submitting live comments during one of two State Plan Public Meetings. Please note that comments should be limited to the proposed changes only.

To access the State Plan draft, please visit here.

Public meetings will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 9:00 am – 10:00 am as well as Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm. During these meetings, OVR will review the proposed changes to the VR Services Portion of the Combined State Plan. These meetings will contain the same content, so it is not necessary to attend both. Following a summary presentation, the public will be invited to provide comment. CART and sign language interpreting will be provided during both meetings.

Virtual Public Meeting Information

Meeting #1
When: October 16, 2024, 9:00 am Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom for October 16 Public Meeting

Meeting #2
When: October 17, 2024, 3:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom for October 17 Public Meeting

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) providers with approved ARPA Grant applications should use the following survey to request reimbursement for expenses incurred.

Reimbursement for Technology Grants may consist of one progress payment and one final payment.

Reimbursement for Training/Credentialing and Business Associate Grants may include up to two progress payments and one final payment.

Prior to beginning the survey, providers should ensure that supporting documentation (paid invoices, cancelled checks, accounting records, etc.) is available and scanned into a PDF. These documents will need to be attached at the end of the survey. Providers should generally expect to see payments a few weeks following ODP review of submitted information. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2024.

Please use the following link to access the survey: ARPA Grant Fund Reimbursement – Online Survey Software | QuestionPro Survey.

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ODP held a quarterly provider forum to discuss Performance-Based Contracting status. During the meeting, ODP staff reviewed the data regarding provider submissions to date, common errors, and the top 10 unmet measures among the 2024 provider submissions.

Additionally, technical assistance areas were discussed and a guide was provided for using the Incident Management overview dashboard to assess performance-based measurement data.

A total of 36 residential providers submitted their applications in August: 15 Primary, 6 Select, and 15 Clinically Enhanced. These tier submissions have all been scored, and the results will be emailed to those providers in November. The communication will include a list of measures that the provider did not meet and instructions for the data submission resolution process available if a provider believes ODP made an error in evaluating provider performance. These tier assignments will be in effect from 1/1/2025 to 6/30/2026.

For providers who will be submitting their data in February, ODP will update the tools and guidance to reflect review period timeframe. Measures will not change between August and February/March and additional communications and reminders will be sent closer to February. ODP has a web page dedicated to assisting providers through this process.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a training session on the Incident Management Systems and Critical Incident Reporting Provisions of the Medicaid Access Final Rule on September 16, 2024. The webinar recording, transcript, and slides are now available on the Training Series: HCBS Provisions of the Medicaid Access Final Rule web page. Register for upcoming sessions in the training series here.

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