RCPA to Host Fourth Members-Only PBC Town Hall on February 27
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PBC Provider General Information Session Handouts Now Available
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) held a Performance-Based Contracting Provider General Information Session yesterday, January 29, 2025.
The agenda items included:
- What can you expect?
- How to Prepare — Self-Assessment and Workbook
- Technical Guidance/Tips for QPro
- Choosing a Tier: Checklist and ODP Measures
- Introduction to Pay for Performance (P4P)
- Resources and Reminders
For those of you who were unable to attend, the handouts are available here.
PBC Webinar for Individuals and Families on January 30
You’re Invited!
Thursday, January 30, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) would like to invite you to the Performance-Based Contracts Webinar for Individuals and Families. This webinar will provide individuals and families with a general overview of how the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) proposes to implement Performance-Based Contracting for residential services effective January 1, 2025.
Audience: Individuals, caregivers, and families.
NTG to Host IDD and Dementia Workshop in Philadelphia February 4–5
RCPA to Host Third Members-Only PBC Town Hall on January 30
Opening of the 2024 NCI® State of the Workforce Survey Portal Announced
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-007, which states that the 2024 National Core Indicators® Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCI®-IDD) State of the Workforce (SoTW) survey portal will open on February 10, 2025.
With the introduction of Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) in 2024, residential providers in the Select and Clinically Enhanced tiers, in accordance with performance measure WF 03.3, are now required to “participate in the NCI®-IDD State of the Workforce Survey and release provider NCI®-IDD data to ODP to validate turnover and other workforce data.” All other eligible providers remain strongly encouraged to participate and contribute to the data used to improve the Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities/Autism service system.
The PBC Residential Data Submission Tools for each tier will be open from February 15, 2025, to March 15, 2025. Providers planning to submit for either Select or Clinically Enhanced tiers are advised to complete the NCI SoTW survey. Providers are encouraged to obtain a copy of the NCI SoTW submission before submitting their data and documents to ODP. A copy of the survey can be found here.
Providers not participating in the PBC process will complete the NCI® SoTW survey by June 30, 2025.
Please review the announcement for additional information and detail. Any questions, please contact Ms. Lee Stephens, ODP IM4Q/NCI®-IDD Statewide Lead, via email.
ODP Reissues PBC Residential Services Implementation Guide
The Office of Developmental Programs has shared an updated copy of the PBC Implementation Guide that was released yesterday.
In Attachment 1 — Performance Based Contracting (PBC) Residential Services Implementation Guide, Appendix F: Performance-Based Contracting Residential Scoring Tool, a typo has been corrected within Measure RD.01.1 and now displays the correct date (January 1, 2026).
The updated Implementation Guide is available here or at the Performance-Based Contracting Information web page on MyODP.
PBC Residential Services Implementation Guide Updates
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is informing stakeholders of updates to the Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Residential Services Implementation Guide. Revisions to the Implementation Guide appear in red.
Some significant changes to the Performance-Based Contracting Proposal (Appendix A) are as a result of public comment and feedback from the first round of tier determinations. These changes include:
Performance Standard:
- Revision: (RM-IM.01.3) Data pull will be for 2024 calendar year (CY) quarters 1-2 (Q1-2), and an adjustment variable of 1% will be applied.
- Revision: (RM-IM.01.3) Temporarily changing the threshold from 90% to 86%. For fiscal year (FY) 2027-28, the threshold will return to 90% using CY 2026 data.
- Revision: (RM-IM.01.4) Moved to future measure in FY 2027/28 using CY 2026 data.
Scoring Tool:
- Revision: Measures RM-IM.01.1, RM-IM.01.2, and RM-IM.01.3, RM-IM.01.1 – RM-IM.01.3 Scoring as composite requiring 2 out of 3.
Attachments:
- Attachment 1: Performance-Based Contracting Residential Implementation Guide
- PBC Residential Services Provider Self-Assessment Toolkit
- Attachment 2A: Provider Performance-Based Contracting Preparedness Self-Assessment
- Attachment 2B: Provider Preparedness Workbook 2025 Updates (20250107)
- Attachment 3: Residential Performance-Based Contracting Attestation
Please view ODPANN 25-003 for additional changes, information, and details.
The updated version of the PBC Residential Services Implementation Guide is located on the Performance-Based Contracting Information web page on MyODP.
RCPA to Host Second Members-Only Performance-Based Contracting Town Hall
ODP Holds Second PBC Quarterly Provider Forum
ODP staff provided updates today on the implementation of Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) in Residential programs. ODP is currently making adjustment to the scoring tool for use in February/March for submitting data for tier determinations. All Residential providers who did not previously submit their data must complete the scoring tool using their calendar year 2024 data in February/March of 2025.
ODP will rerun the data for those providers who previously submitted data since some of the measures have been adapted. Those providers will not need to resubmit their information but will be automatically be re-evaluated in case these changes may impact their tier assignment.
In coordination with the rebalancing of Incident Management policies, some changes will be made to the IM measures. ODP is offering helpful resources to assist providers. Please see the PowerPoint from the forum for links to these resources. Also, up-to-date information can be found at MyODP’s website.
ODP intends to publish the updated scoring tool mid-January 2025 as a PDF for providers to review and begin preparing their data. RCPA will share that tool as soon as it is available.
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