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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 23-101: Provider Qualification Process. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires a statewide process to ensure providers are qualified to render services to waiver-funded individuals. The Provider Qualification Process described in ODPANN 23-101 outlines the steps the Assigned AE and provider must follow to meet these requirements and the steps SCs must take to transition individuals if needed. Please review the announcement for information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared an ODP Announcement titled Now Available: Amendments to the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) Waivers Approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This communication announces the availability of the CMS approved Waiver Amendments on the Department of Human Services (DHS) website.

ODP will be holding two webinars to provide a general overview of major changes made in these approved waiver amendments. There will be time during the session for presenters to answer questions submitted by participants during the webinar. The date, time, and registration link for these webinars are as follows:

  • Consolidated, Community Living, and P/FDS Waiver Amendment Overview
    November 17, 2023
    11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Registration Link
  • Adult Autism Waiver Amendment Overview
    November 17, 2023
    2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    Registration Link

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be conducting a webinar on the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system (IRF PPS) coverage requirements. The webinar is scheduled for November 29, 2023, from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm.

During this webinar, CMS will:

  • Review IRF PPS coverage requirements from pre-admission to discharge;
  • Provide a refresher on existing payment requirements; and
  • Answer common IRF PPS Helpdesk questions.

Following the webinar, CMS will post a recording on the IRF PPS web page. To participate in the webinar, register here.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released two reports focused on Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS). The reports are the Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Annual Expenditures Report, Federal Fiscal Year 2020, and the Medicaid Section 1915 (c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report.

These reports provide information on the LTSS rebalancing trends and patterns in expenditures for different home and community-based services (HCBS) and institutional care, both nationally and across states.