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Manual Letter #93

Effective Date: October 1, 2021
Reference: SS-PT-21-022

Manual changes are summarized below. Click on the related links to view the changes, which will be indicated with red text (you may need to scroll to find the related policy change). There is no red indication for the corresponding changes to the Administrative Rules. Check the above listed references for Self-Sufficiency policy updates.

SNAP program updates are covered specifically in the Oregon Programs Eligibility Notebook.

Manual Letter Index

Manual/Worker Guide

Change

Section/Item

Rule Change

(available 10-1-2021 unless otherwise indicated)

APD Medicaid Financial Eligibility Manuals, worker guides and resources pertaining to APD Medicaid financial eligibility was moved to or duplicated on the new OWL page called APD Non-MAGI Financial Eligibility Staff Tools.    
SNAP/REF(M) See SS-PT-21-022 for more information on changes to SNAP and REF(M).    
Case Management Tools

Adult Day Services page:

  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-036: Adult Day Services (ADS) Service Authorization Update
Adult Day Services Chapter 411, Division 066
 

APD Training page:

  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-041: Required Case Manager Training Risk Assessments
APD Training

 

 

Assessment Tools page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Assessment Tools

 

 

Behavior Support Services (BSS) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Behavior Support Services Local Office Guide
    • Behavior Support Services Contacts
  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-043: Change in Ownership, Change in Name and New Behavior Support Provider
Behavior Support Services Chapter 411, Division 046
 

Client Details, Treatment, Forms & Miscellaneous LTC Info page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Client Details, Treatment, Forms & Miscellaneous LTC Info  
 

Complex Case Consultations page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Complex Case Consultations  
 

Diversion/Transition page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Diversion/Transition

 

 

Emergency Response Systems (ERS) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Emergency Response Systems

Special Need OAR 461-155-0680

K-State Plan Ancillary Services OAR 411-035-0025

 

Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Employed Persons with Disabilities

OSIP Program Manual - WG.11

 

Enhanced Care page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Enhanced Care OAR 309-019-0155
 

Exceptions page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Exceptions

Payment Limitations for In-Home and Community-Based Services Rules - Chapter 411, Division 027

In-Home Services Rules - Chapter 411, Division 030

 

Extended Waiver Eligibility (EWE) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Task List Form SDS 598N
    • Mandatory EWE Webinar Q & A
    • EWE Training Material
Extended Waiver Eligibility (EWE)

OAR 411-015-0030

 

Facilities page:

  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-IM-21-094: CBC and NF Survey Information
      • APD-AR-21-055: New Complex Behavior-Specific Needs Provider
      • APD-AR-21-053: Change in Ownership
      • APD-AR-21-050: New APD Provider Enrollment Procedure for APD Consumers Served in ODDS or HSD Adult Foster Homes
      • APD-AR-21-043: Change in Ownership, Change in Name and new Behavior Support Provider
Facilities

RCF & ALF Rules - Chapter 411, Division 054

Memory Care Communities - Chapter 411, Division 057

Nursing Facilities Licensing - Chapter 411, Division 085

 

General Assistance (GA) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
General Assistance Chapter 411, Division 031
 

Hearings page:

  • No updates made this quarter
APD Hearings

Chapter 137, Division 003

Chapter 461, Division 025
 

Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Home and Community Based Services Chapter 411, Division 004
 

Home Delivered Meals (HDM) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Home Delivered Meals (HDM)

Home Delivered Meals - Chapter 411, Division 040

Payment for Home Delivered Meals - OAR 411-027-0020(7)

 

Homecare Worker page:

  • Updated the following:
    • CEP Specialist Training Manual
  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-IM-21-089: Pay Processing Update for the CEP System
      • APD-IM-21-083: Podcast Announcement – Required Trainings for Homecare Workers, Personal Support Workers, and Personal Care Attendants
      • APD-PT-21-027: Mandatory Training for Homecare Workers, Personal Support Workers, and Personal Care Attendants
      • APD-IM-21-075: New Vaccination/Testing Requirement not Applicable to HCWs
      • APD-AR-21-039: EDMS Update: Scanning HCW and ICP-PSW documents to EDMS
Homecare Worker

Chap. 411, Div. 031

 

Hospital Decompression page: (NEW)

  • Added the following:
    • Hospital Discharge Decompression Services Overview
    • Non-Medicaid ADL Assessment and Rate Setting
    • Hospital Decompression Consent Form
    • Hospital Discharge Decompression Invoice
    • Hospital Decompression Discharge Services Training Video
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-IM-21-092: Hospital Decompression Assistance- Contractor Support
      • APD-PT-21-028: Programs and Policy Changes to Support Hospital Decompression
Hospital Decompression  
 

Independent Choices Program (ICP) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Acumen OR ICP Payment Payroll & Time Entry Schedule for 07/2021 - 06/2022
    • ICP Employee Provider EVV Only 'Time Entry Report Schedule' for 07/2021 - 06/2022
  • Added the following:
    • ICP Background Check Cover Page
    • Acumen Training Material Link
    • ICP EVV Only Reason Codes and Verification Letter
    • ICP Payroll and EVV Reason Codes and Verification Letter
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-IM-21-070: Independent Choices Program (ICP) Training: Module Series Release
      • APD-AR-21-042: ONE and ICP
      • APD-AR-21-039: EDMS Update: Scanning HCW and ICP-PSW documents to EDMS
      • SS-PT-21-011: Oregon Minimum Wage Increase for 2021 Update
Independent Choices 411-030-0100
 

In-Home Care Agencies (IHCA) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • In-Home Care Agencies list
  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-049: New In-Home Care Agency
      • APD-AR-21-040: Change in Ownership and new In Home Care Agency
In-Home Care Agencies

Chap. 411, Div. 033

 

In-Home Support Services page:

  • Updated the following:
    • In-Home Support Services Overview
In-Home Support Services

Chap. 411, Div. 030

 

K-Plan Ancillary Services page:

  • Updated the following:
    • K-Plan Ancillary Services Provider List
K-Plan Services Chap. 411, Div. 035
 

Long Term Care Community Nursing (LTCCN) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Long Term Care Community Nursing Chapter 411, Division 048
 

Long Term Care Rates page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Long Term Care Rates

Chap. 411: Div 027, Div. 030, Div. 031

 

Mandatory Case Manager In-Service Webinars page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Mandatory Case Manager In-Service Webinars  
 

Mental or Emotional Disorder Review Team (MED) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • 3010 Authorization for Disclosure, Sharing and Use of Individual Information Form: Pre-filled with Maximus Address for MED Referral
  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-037: Steps to refer individuals to behavioral health services
Mental or Emotional Disorder Review Team (MED) Chap. 411, Div. 015
 

MMIS Desk Manuals page:

  • No updates made this quarter
APD MMIS Resources  
 

Nursing Facilities & PAS page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Nursing Facilities & PAS  
 

Older Americans Act (OAA) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Older Americans Act  
 

ONE System Information & Resources section on the CM Tools page:

  • Added the following:
    • Service Categories and Types of Assistance (ToAs) QRG
    • Medical Denials and Terminations with LTSS QRG
CM Tools Home Page  
 

Oregon ACCESS & CA/PS Information page:

  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-056: Statewide LTSS/SPPC Transfer Process
Oregon ACCESS & CA/PS Information  
 

Oregon Project Independence (OPI) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Oregon Project Independence Chap. 411, Div. 032
 

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • PACE In-Home Pay-in Letter
    • PACE NF Payment Letter
    • PACE CBC Payment Letter
    • Module 8 - Case Set up in Oregon ACCESS & ONE
PACE Chap. 411, Div. 045
 

Provider Guides for Oregon ACCESS page:

  • Updated the following:
  • Added the following:
Provider Guides for Oregon ACCESS  
 

Provider Payment Adjustments page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Provider Payment Adjustments  
 

Provider Time Capture (PTC) Information page:

  • Updated the following:
  • Added the following:
    • OR PTC DCI Staff Learning Materials Catalog
    • PTC Priority Topics for Staff -
      • Week 1 - 09/15/21
      • Week 2 - 09/24/21
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-IM-21-087: Provider Time Capture (PTC) - OR PTC DCI Fob Option and Details
      • APD-IM-21-082: Provider Time Capture (PTC) - Statewide Go-Live Support Guides, Critical Go-Live Information and Helpful Resources
      • APD-AR-21-044: Provider Time Capture (PTC) - Statewide In-Home Services ONGO Data Clean Up Request
      • APD-IM-21-074: Provider Time Capture (PTC) - Statewide Go-Live Announcement Mailer
      • APD-IM-21-071: Provider Time Capture (PTC) - Statewide Go-Live Announcement
      • APD-PT-21-025: OR PTC DCI Policies and Procedures
      • APD-PT-21-024: PTC EVV Non-Compliance, Violations, Corrective Actions
      • APD-AR-21-038: OR Provider Time Capture Direct Care Innovations (PTC DCI) in-home consumers time tracking options
Provider Time Capture (PTC) Information  
 

Resources section on the CM Tools page:

  • No updates made this quarter
CM Tools Home Page  
 

Respite Stay page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Respite Stay

411-066 Adult Day Services

411-086-0050 NF

411-050 AFH ADS
 

Risk Assessment page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Procedures for Risk Assessments, Monitoring, and Documentation
  • Added the following:
    • Risk Assessment Comment Box Guide
    • Risk Level Definitions - Quick Reference Chart
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-041: Required Case Manager Training: Risk Assessments
Risk Assessment  
 

Service Planning page:

  • No updates made this quarter
Service Planning  
 

Service Priority Level Information page:

  • No updates made this quarter

Service Priority Level Information

Chapter 411, Division 015
 

Specific Needs Contracts page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Contact List for Specific Needs Contracts
  • Added the following:
    • Transmittals -
      • APD-AR-21-055: New Complex Behavior-Specific Needs Provider

Specialized Services/Specific Needs Contracts

 
 

Specialized Living Program page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Home Forward Statement of Work
Specialized Living Program

Specialized Living Contracts OAR Chap. 411, Div. 065

In-Home Services OAR Chap. 411, Div. 030

 

Spousal Pay (SP) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • Spousal Pay Program Eligibility Determination Tool
Spousal Pay 411-030-0080
 

State Plan Personal Care (SPPC) page:

  • No updates made this quarter
State Plan Personal Care Chap. 411, Div. 034
 

Tribal Navigator page:

  • Added the following:
    • Tribal Navigator Program Flyer
Tribal Navigator  
 

Waivered Case Management (WCM) page:

  • Updated the following:
    • WCM Best Practice Tips for Success
    • WCM Case Manager Statistics Tracking Spreadsheet
    • Ongoing Monthly/Yearly WCM Statistics by Branch
    • WCM Definitions and Examples
Waivered Case Management Chapter 411, Division 028


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