— DADS is conducting an EDS Pilot it Regions 6, 2/9, and 7 to test the usefulness of submitting referral documents by e-mail between DADS and providers. If you’re in one of these regions, please complete the attached survey by May 25, 2012: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EDS_Pilot_Survey
— DADS notified all CLASS CMAs and DSAs of updated Form 3660 – CLASS Request for Adaptive Aids, Medical Supplies, Minor Home Modifications or Dental Services/Sedation.
— DADS will hold the next Adult Day Care Stakeholder meeting on Thursday, July 26, 2012, from 10 a.m.- noon in the John H. Winters Complex Public Hearing Room (Room 125), 701 W. 51st. St., Austin TX.
— DADS issued an RFP to re-procure CMPAS services in existing catchment areas, effective May 22, 2012. New contracts must be executed and in place no later than Aug. 31, 2012.
— Individuals receiving 1915(c) waiver services in the Medicaid RSA (Northeast, Central, and West Regions) and eligible for STAR Medicaid managed care will begin receiving enrollment packets on May 18, 2012.
— HSC:
As part of ongoing implementation of the DADS cost containment initiative, post the December 1, 2011, effective date of new HCS service limits, as identified in DADS Information Letter No. 2011-82, DADS continues to require HCS providers to submit Form 5035, Request for Exception to Service Limit, to the IDD Waivers Program Enrollment/Utilization Review (PE/UR) unit, no later than seven calendar days after the Monday the individual’s name first appears on the Client Assignment and Registration system (CARE) JHSXPTR-HC063680 report, identifying service component(s) on the individual’s Individual Plan of Care (IPC) which exceed(s) new service limit(s). This report is available to all HCS providers on a weekly basis, every Monday.
Through August 31, 2013, requests for an exception to a new service limit(s) must be:
- re-submitted at the time of an IPC renewal if a service(s) exceeds a new service limit(s); and
- at the time of an IPC revision if a service(s) exceeds a service limit(s) amount that has previously been authorized.
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