The Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) sent the following update regarding a Certification Hiatus.
Effective January 19, 2018, FSSA has decided to suspend current efforts regarding the Settings Rule and regroup to better reflect the partnerships between FSSA, the Indiana State Department of Health and other regulatory agencies to work with stakeholders, including CMS, as we better understand how to meet our members’ needs. As a result, there is a hiatus in place on the certification of any new assisted living, adult day service, or adult family care providers until further notice. The Division of Aging is a program of the Indiana Family & Social Services Administration. If you have questions about Aging programs and services, visit us online at www.IN.gov/fssa/aging. The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) posted the following important information to the provider website at indianamedicaid.com on January 16, 2018 (unless alternate date is noted).
Bulletins and Banner Pages BR201803 - IHCP to cover HCPCS code Q2043 - IHCP to mass adjust or mass reprocess claims for certain ocular implant DME codes that may have denied inappropriately Employment First State Leadership Mentoring Program: Community of Practice Monthly Webinar1/15/2018
Employment First State Leadership Mentoring Program
Community of Practice Monthly Webinar January 31, 2018, 3:00-4:00 ET http://www.econsys.com/eflsmp/copwebinar/ The Employment First State Leadership Mentoring Program (EFSLMP) Community of Practice (CoP) Webinar Series is structured to augment the technical assistance areas of primary focus in Employment First systems change (Capacity Building, Provider Transformation, School-to-Work Transition, Employer Engagement, and Policy/Funding Alignment). CoP participants will benefit from national subject matter experts (SMEs) presenting information and resources to support Employment First efforts. The Social Security Advisory Board released a report pertaining to SSA's representative payee program. The report, Improving Social Security's Representative Payee Program, outlines concrete steps to protect vulnerable SSA beneficiaries and recipients. The report includes recommendations for Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and SSA to strengthen the current administrative process, create better monitoring, and explore comprehensive, government-wide coordination and cross-agency reform of the rep-payee processes.
The Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) announced they are now accepting presentation applications for the 2018 First Steps Conference.
First Steps will be holding their first a statewide conference for its personnel, service providers and families on June 14 and 15, 2018, in Bloomington, Ind. The objective of the conference is to provide a common space for our stakeholders to share, learn and network. The conference will include two national keynote speakers. Dr. Rosemarie Allen will speak about implicit bias in early intervention, and Dr. Dipesh Navsaria will present on how trauma in early childhood impacts brain development with implications across the life course. Please help us make this inaugural First Steps conference amazing by submitting a proposal to give one of 32 break-out session presentations. Deadline for submission is February 15, 2018, and members of the First Steps Conference Committee will review all submissions and contact applicants with updates. Please email Katie Herron at kgherron@indiana.edu with any questions. To submit a proposal to present at the conference please click here. |
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