On September 26th, Milestone Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU) West hosted over one hundred and fifty (150) self advocates from the western region for a wild day of safari fun. The Move Your Way® Stepping into the Safari event, held at Keystone Safari in Grove City, PA, brought together individuals from Armstrong,
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 24-103: Performance-Based Contracting: Residential Pay-for- Performance Details Now Available and its attachment: Residential Performance-Based Contracting – Pay-for-Performance (P4P) FY24-26. The purpose of this announcement is to provide details about the Residential Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Pay-for-Performance (P4P) initiatives. Please review
To announce the resolution of a previous SSD: BSS billing issue and the release of newSSD: BSS Procedure Codes effective 11/01/2024. Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-102: Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Specialized Skill Development (SSD) Behavioral Specialist Service (BSS) Updates
The purpose of this announcement is to provide guidance when requesting deathcertificates from family members in relation to death incident reports andinvestigations Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-098 Update: Guidance on Requesting Death Certificates from Families
The purpose of this announcement is to inform AEs that live, virtual training on developingand using CAPs will be held in November 2024. Sessions will be held in Zoom. Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-101 Administrative Entity (AE) Training on Creating and Using Corrective Action Plans (CAPs)
To communicate to the above entities that Temple University Harrisburg’s CI Program andODP will be facilitating Forums for CIs and others involved in the incident investigationprocess, and to announce the posting of Q & A Documents from past CI Forums onMyODP. Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-100: Registration Now Open for December Certified Investigator
To notify Trainers and Learners that the system upgrade for the Medication Administrationsystem is now live and can be accessed by Trainers and Learners. Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-064 Update: Medication Administration Notification of System Upgrade and Lock-out Period starting October 10, 2024 Completed
The Pennsylvania Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) will be holding its Day on Employment on Monday, October 28th from 10 AM to 3 PM at PaTTAN Harrisburg. APSE is a professional organization offers benefits for those committed to promoting Employment First to facilitate the full inclusion of people with disabilities
To provide a list of current AWC FMS organizations available to support participants and surrogates who have chosen to self-direct some or all of their Participant Directed Services (PDS) using the AWC FMS model under the Consolidated, Community Living, and Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) waivers. Attachment 1: ODPANN 24-099: Agency with Choice
Caregivers played a crucial role in developing Aging Our Way, PA, and they remain a key priority in transforming the aging experience in the Commonwealth. Through more than 200 listening sessions, emails, mails, and phone calls during the plan’s development, caregivers from across the Commonwealth indicated they need more tools and resources to
