IHSS
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ACIN I-69-09: Informational Documents For IHSS Recipients And Providers Regarding New Provider Enrollment Requirements (10/5/09)
Provises copies of informational documents that CDSS will send to all current IHSS recipients and providers to inform them of expanded provider enrollment requirements being implemented to meet the mandates ABX4-4. These requirements are fingerprinting, provider orientation, home…
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ACL 09-52: New IHSS Provider Enrollment Requirements And Revised Provider Enrollment Form (10/1/09)
Reviews the new rules, and provides a new form, re: IHSS provider obligations (fingerprints, criminal background check, orientation, verification of valid SSN, and more). Includes a flow chart, notices to recipients re: existing and new providers. New providers…
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ACL 09-56: Implementation of ABX 4-4 As It Relates To Service Reductions In The IHSS Program (10/1/09)
This letter provides instructions on the Functional Index (“FI”)-based cuts to IHSS. It contains an explanation of the FI ranking and weighted score. Applicants/Recipients must have an FI Score of 2.00 or higher before IHSS services may be…
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ACL 09-48: Policy Change Regarding X-27 Spec Transactions In The Case Management Information And Payrolling System (CMIPS) (9/21/09)
A “county thing”: Information on a change in the process for reimbursing a missed payment of Medi-Cal Recognized Expenses (the Buyout Program). [Download]
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ACL 09-47: Statutory Changes to Payment Of Medical Recognized Expenses (Share-Of-Cost Buyout) (9/16/09)
Information regarding two statutory changes to the payment of Medi-Cal Recognized Expenses (MRE) for Personal Care Services Program (PCSP) and IHSS Plus Waiver (IPW) program recipients (known as the SOC Buyout Program). In order to be eligible for…
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ACL 09-44:Change In File Format For Information Received From County Contractors (9/3/09)
Information for counties using “contractor mode to provide services to IHSS recipients. CDSS is finishing the design of the new Case Management, Information, and Payrolling System (CMIPS) II. When CMIPS II rolls out, county contractor providers will have…
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ACL 09-37: Instructions For Termination Of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Enrolled In the Program Of All-Inclusive Care For The Elderly (PACE) (9/3/09)
Information on how to avoid duplication of IHSS services authorized by the county and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program. It lists a process for terminating IHSS for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who enroll in PACE.…
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ACIN I-48-09: Order Affecting State Participation In-Home Supportive Services Provider Wages And Health Benefits (6/30/90)
This notice relays the injunction issued in Martinez v. Schwarzenegger. The proposed IHSS wages cut, from $12.10 per hour to $10.10 per hour, is stopped. [Download]
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ACL 09-27: Change In Payment Of Medi-Cal Recognized Expenses (Buyout Program) (5/28/09)
A recent amendment to Welfare and Institutions Code section 12305.1 requires that, effective July 1, 2009, individuals in Personal Care Services Program (PCSP) or IHSS Independence Plus Waiver (IPW) who were eligible for and received services under one…
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ACL 09-21E: Correction to 09-21 (IHSS/COBRA) 5/22/09)
This errata does not say what was wrong with the prior one, and contains some of the same information, but also new information. Working with IHSS and health benefits? Read both! [Download]