The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) posted the following important information to the provider website at in.gov/medicaid/providers on February 14, 2019 (unless alternate date is noted).
Bulletins BT201908 – Additional information and corrections for the 2019 annual HCPCS codes update BT201907 – Provider enrollment and credentialing changes coming with FSSA EnCred Call to Action: Ask Your Legislator to Include INARF Legislative Priorities in the House Budget2/18/2019
The House budget bill (HB 1001) will be released next week and discussed by the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, February 19. INARF Staff and consultants are working hard to ensure that our issues are included in the budget bill, and we need your help reaching out to your Representatives over the next few days as they discuss what will be included. At the bottom of this message, you will see a link to our Call to Action page where we have drafted a pre-written message requesting support for appropriations for industry issues, including DSP wage funding, Vocational Rehabilitation funding, First Steps funding, and Case Management funding. To ask your Representative to support these appropriations, simply visit our Call to Action page, enter your information and press send.
If you have question or need assistance with your legislative outreach, please contact Sarah Chestnut at sarah@inarf.org. Thank you in advance for your participation. Click Here to Advocate INARF anticipates the House Ways and Means Committee will release their draft of the budget, House Bill 1001, early next week. Based on the current fiscal climate of the state, our request for $80,000,000 over the biennium for Direct Support Professional wage increases is unattainable. Therefore, we are updating our request and WE NEED YOUR HELP REQUESTING SUPPORT FROM YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR OUR APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published guidance on the FLSA SECTION 14(c) published three documents providing guidance on the payment of subminimum wages under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first two are related to the impact of Rehabilitation Act section 511 and third provides general guidance on the administration of section 14(c).
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) today announced the agency will split March benefit payments to eligible Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) clients. Recipients will see half of their March benefit amount added to their Hoosier Works cards on Feb. 22 and the other half on their regularly scheduled March date, according to an alphabetical schedule. They do not need to take any action.
Indiana issued February benefits early on Jan. 16, 2019, due to the partial federal government shutdown that occurred earlier this year. The one-time benefit deposit schedule being used for March benefits will help reduce the gap in benefit payments to eligible SNAP clients that could otherwise be 60 days or more. |
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