The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared communication ODPANN 25-093: Incident Management (IM) Rebalancing Initiative Phase 1: IM Guidance. The purpose of this announcement is to provide updated guidance related to the ODP IM Rebalancing Initiative.

The guidelines are organized into seven separate topics covering the following:

• Finalizing Incident Reports;
• Reducing Duplicative and Multiple Incident Reports;
• Clarifying the Definition of Serious Injury;
• Clarifying the Definition for Discovery Date;
• Managing Events Occurring Prior to Enrollment;
• Discontinuing the Use of Optionally Reportable Events (OREs); and
• Discontinuing the Use of Illness/Other and Illness/COVID Incident Categories.

Please direct any questions or feedback to Tim Sohosky, RCPA IDD Division Director.