The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-044 and the accompanying instructions. The purpose of this announcement is to outline criteria and provide instructions for requesting a SIS-A 2nd Edition reassessment for individuals who receive residential services and whose 2023 SIS-A assessment resulted in a Needs Group (NG) decrease of two or more levels.
Please view the announcement and accompanying instructions for information and details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-043. This announcement’s purpose is:
Please view the announcement for information and details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-042. This communication is to advise stakeholders that the Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator Program and ODP will be facilitating Forums for Certified Investigators (CI) and others involved in the incident investigation process. It also announces the posting of Q&A documents from past CI Forums on MyODP. Read the announcement for details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-041 and the accompanying survey. The purpose of this communication is to announce that amendments to the Consolidated, Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS), Community Living, and Adult Autism Waivers were approved by CMS. The Department amended the waivers effective May 1, 2024, to allow providers to request a one-time supplemental payment to cover recruitment, retention, and any unusual staffing expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic for direct support professionals, frontline supervisors, program specialists, or supports coordinators (SC).
Providers must request a Workforce Recovery Supplemental Payment by completing the survey no later than Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-040. This announcement and accompanying Q&A document provide new and updated answers to questions ODP has received on the Community Participation Support service. Please view both documents for information and details.
The Information Sharing and Advisory (ISAC) Committee for the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) met on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Deputy Secretary Ahrens gave an update and reminded members that on Friday, April 19, 2024, ODP published two very important announcements:
Public comments are due June 4, 2024, for both of these announcements.
The proposed rates will be dependent on the governor’s budget passing with the proposed increases for ODP services remaining intact. Deputy Secretary Ahrens urged all stakeholders to advocate with legislators to keep this funding in the budget. Governor Shapiro has been visiting programs and sharing publicity about the importance of these services.
The Deputy Secretary also reviewed the current plans for Performance-Based Contracting for Residential Services with ISAC members. ODP has shared provider preparedness tools with the Residential Strategic Thinking Group for their feedback before publishing the provider preparedness tools and holding provider forums to support providers as they get ready for PBC implementation.
Provider preparedness tools include a Residential Provider Performance-Based Contracting Preparedness Assessment, which comes with a template to support providers developing plans to improve performance on the standards ahead of implementation in January 2025.
Once comments are reviewed and analyzed and any revisions made, the waiver application and amendments will be submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for review, and negotiations implementation target date is January 1, 2025.
RCPA is holding a meeting with our members to develop comments for submission to ODP on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm. We ask that you register for this meeting here in order to share your thoughts and help us as we develop our response.
For any questions, please contact Carol Ferenz.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-037. The purpose of this announcement is to provide guidance for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 renewal period.
The following topical areas are addressed in this communication:
Please view the announcement for information and details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-036. The purpose of this announcement is to remind all ODP Providers and Supports Coordination Organizations (SCO) of the Annual Training Requirements outlined in Chapter 6100 Regulations. Please view the announcement for information and details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-034. The purpose of this announcement is to inform all interested persons of the availability of the latest annual report that assesses provider compliance with the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule for ODP. Please view the announcement for additional information and details.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared a reissue of ODPANN 24-032. There were several items that needed correction within the original document, and these items have been corrected in the updated version. All changes are in red. Please only use this version going forward.
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