IHSS
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ACIN I-54-07: Paid Family Leave (PFL) Program, For IHSS Providers (10/2/07)
Although IHSS providers have been paying for the PFL program since January 2004, the state is just now explaining the program to counties. The PFL program is an enhancement to the State Disability Insurance (SDI) program, providing partial…
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ACL 06-32: Additional Claims To Be Submitted Through The Conlan II Claims Process (9/13/07)
More instructions re: reimbursement for expenses during 3-month retroactive Medi-cal coverage period. This one pertains to reimbursement of IHSS recipients who have paid excess out-of-pocket Share of Cost (SOC) expenses. The “complex issue” of IHSS-buy out cases will…
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Errata to ACL 06-34: Correction ACL 06-34, Hourly Task Guidelines Regulations For IHSS/PCSP/IPW Programs (5/4/07)
If you felt attached to Attachment B to ACL 06-34…. get over it! This Errata provides the correct Attachment, which pertains to Annotated Assessment Criteria. The goal was to improve clarity, consistency and correct the listing of specific…
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ACIN I-05-07: New In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Plus Waiver Program Regulations (2/23/07)
The “new” regs, effective 10/1/06, are attached to this ACIN. Basically, the IHSS Plus Waiver regulations replicate the “IHSS-R” Program regulations…except where they don’t. This ACIN lists the differences. Some variations in eligibility, program content, application process, needs…
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ACL 07-11: Implementation Of Conlan II: Reimbursement Of Covered Services For IHSS Recipients (2/20/07)
The long-awaited-for notice and process for the submission and handling of claims for reimbursement for bills paid out of pocket by folks later found eligible for Medi-Cal, and who are IHSS recipients. CDSS is handling the IHSS claims. (DHS…
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ACL 06-35 – Quality Assurance/Improvement Monitoring Regulations For The In-Home Supportive Services/Personal Care Services/Independence Plus Waiver Programs (September 1, 2006).
This ACL transmits the regs to implement the SB1104 provisions intended to “improve the quality of IHSS/PCSP need assessments, enhance program integrity, and detect and prevent program fraud and abuse.” Counties must establish a dedicated IHSS Quality Assurance/Improvement…
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ACIN I-53-06 – Safety Evaluation of IHSS and Adult Protective Services Recipients (July 26, 2006)
This implements the Governor’s call to contact all IHSS and APS clients, in response to the heat wave. Instructions on APS confidentiality, bases for authorizing additional IHSS service hours when needed, and the method for claiming extra time…
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ACL 06-13 – Changes to Case Management, Information and Payrolling System to Ensure Medi-cal Share of Cost Compliance as they Relate to the In-Home Supportive Services plus Waiver Program, the Personal Care Services Program, and the In-Home Supportive Services-Residual Program (May 30, 2006).
The incredibly LONG title of this ACL matches the incredibly LONG ACL. 54 pages of details about the Share of Cost (SOC) issues stemming from the IHSS plus waiver. There are some key tidbits buried in the extensive…
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ACIN I-21-06 – Protective Supervision Form (April 4, 2006)
Back of the new “Quality Assurance Initiative,” the state was required to develop a standard form to get the appropriate certification for a person’s need for Protective Supervision. Here it is! Counties are to use the form at…
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ACIN I-28-06 – IHSS Q & A Regarding Eligibility and Assessment (April 11, 2006)
Fun stuff about the changes thanks to the “Plus Waiver” program (called “IHSS-IPW”). Things like “in how many waivers may a person participate” (one 1115, several 1915’s, but never more than one 1115), who stays in residual IHSS,…