The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 24-045: Tracking the Provision of Specialized Services Identified During the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review. The purpose of this announcement is to explain the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) requirement for tracking Specialized Services(SS) Social Security Act §1919 (ssa.gov) C (iv) for individuals who have gone through the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) evaluation and who have been identified with Intellectual Disability (ID), who have been found Nursing Facility Care Eligible (NFCE), who have a Letter of Determination (LOD) from the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) indicating that the AE has recommended SS and who reside in a skilled nursing facilities (NF) or who have been discharged from a NF to a community setting. The Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) has developed new processes to track the provision of SS for these individuals who reside in NFs or to track the provision of similar services for those who are being discharged from the NF back to a community setting.
Please review the announcement for details on the new process and other relevant information.

Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-045: Tracking the Provision of Specialized Services Identified During the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review