DADS has issued three news alerts so far this month.
1. Last month, DADS announced to external stakeholders that the HCS Billing Guides would be opened for review and suggestion. Because of difficulty in accessing the document for revision, the Billing and Payment department has produced a Microsoft Word version of the current June 1, 2010, guidelines for editing. DADS asks stakeholders to submit requests no later than January 3, 2011. See the news alert section for contact information.
2. DADS issued a correction for HCS providers and MR authorities. An excerpt:
Error Correcting an IPC
If a Service Coordinator (SC) returns an IPC to the provider for any reason, the IPC will remain in “Returned to Provider” status until the provider takes some action in CARE to send the IPC back to the SC for review. An IPC is not available for billing while in “Returned to Provider” status.
An IPC may be returned to a provider by the SC if the SC:
- did not receive a hard copy of the IPC within the required time frame,
- was not notified or did not participate in the IPC meeting on or before the IPC effective date, or
- determines the units of service on the hard copy of the IPC do not match the units of service in CARE.
3. DADS announced a tentative award to Sandata Technologies to pilot use of an electronic visit verification system for documenting certain services in DADS Region 9, and the pilot will impact personal assistance services and in-home respite in the CBA program, residential habilitation and in-home respite in the CLASS program, in-home respite and adjunct services in the MDCP, the PHC program, and CAS. See the news alert section for details.