Section 2: Assessment ODP’s assessment activities will include a review of policy documents and provider enrollment documents and a review of licensing – requirements. Action items related to provider assessment are included in Section 3 Remediation Strategies for each HCBS requirement. # Action Item Description Start Date Target End Deliverable Date Internal Assessment (Regulations, Policies, Procedures) 1 Review of Policy Based on the list of current regulations, policies, waiver service definitions and February July 2015 List of current Documents, provider standards for assessment developed in Section 1, review these 2015 regulations and Waiver Service documents to determine what changes are necessary. policies and Definitions and whether changes Provider need to be made. Enrollment Requirements 2 Collaborate with Collaborate with the Bureau of Services Licensing (BHSL), the Department February June 2015 List of current State of Aging (PDA), the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Department of 2015 licensing policies, Departments and Education and other departments and offices as necessary to identify any regulations and Offices necessary changes to policies, regulations or other licensing requirements to instruments and comply with the HCBS rule. whether changes will be made. 3 Develop, Test, & Develop and send provider survey to all waiver providers to assist November 2015 Provider Survey Refine Provider Pennsylvania to get an overall understanding of the settings in waiver 2014 and List of ODP Survey services are being provided and help to determine the specifics of future Waiver Providers assessment activities and inform policy development 4 Collect and Collect and analyze data from surveys April 2015 April 2015 Survey Finding Analyze Provider Report Information from Survey 5 Analyze Fiscal Analyze changes to service definitions, policies, regulations, or other licensing June 2015 2019 Amendments to Impact requirements to determine possible fiscal impacts to providers. Rate Settings Methodology in Waivers and Public Notices
Section 2: Assessment – ODP’s assessment activities will include a review of policy documents and provider enrollment documents and a review of licensing requirements. Action items related to provider assessment are included in Section 3 Remediation Strategies for each HCBS requirement. # Action Item Description Start Date Target End Date Deliverable Internal Assessment (Regulations, Policies, Procedures) 1 Review of Policy Documents, Waiver Service Definitions and Provider Enrollment Requirements Based on the list of current regulations, policies, waiver service definitions and provider standards for assessment developed in Section 1, review these documents to determine what changes are necessary. February 2015 July 2015 List of current regulations and policies and whether changes need to be made. 2 Collaborate with State Departments and Offices Collaborate with the Bureau of Services Licensing (BHSL), the Department of Aging (PDA), the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Department of Education and other departments and offices as necessary to identify any necessary changes to policies, regulations or other licensing requirements to comply with the HCBS rule. February 2015 June 2015 List of current licensing policies, regulations and instruments and whether changes will be made. 3 Develop, Test, & Refine Provider Survey Develop and send provider survey to all waiver providers to assist Pennsylvania to get an overall understanding of the settings in waiver services are being provided and help to determine the specifics of future assessment activities and inform policy development November 2014 2015 Provider Survey and List of ODP Waiver Providers 4 Collect and Analyze Provider Information from Survey Collect and analyze data from surveys April 2015 April 2015 Survey Finding Report 5 Analyze Fiscal Impact Analyze changes to service definitions, policies, regulations, or other licensing requirements to determine possible fiscal impacts to providers. June 2015 2019 Amendments to Rate Settings Methodology in Waivers and Public Notices
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