To ensure consistency across programs and fiscal accountability, the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) will expand utilization review (UR) activities to include the Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) program beginning May 12, 2014. DADS previously notified DBMD providers of plans for expansion on November 5, 2010, via DADS Information Letter No. 10-142. Utilization management and review activities performed by UR nurses for the DBMD program may include: • … [Read more...] about Expansion of Utilization Management and Review Activities to the Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities Program