Consolidated and Participants authorized to receive Music Participants authorized to receive Music Public comment recommended that P/FDS Therapy, Art Therapy and Equine Assisted Therapy, Art Therapy and Equine Assisted shift nursing be allowed to accompany Therapy may not receive the following Therapy may not be provided at the same a participant to this service. Public services at the same time as this service: time as the direct provision of the following comment also indicated that Supports Community Participation Support; receive the following services at the same time Broker helps with common law Transitional Work; Supported as this service: Community Participation employer and managing employer Employment; Advanced Supported Support; Small Group Employment functions and as such should be Employment; Benefits Counseling; Transitional Work; Supported Employment; allowed at the same time as other unit Respite; Transportation; Advanced Supported Employment; Benefits services. Therapies; Education Support; Shift Counseling; 15-minute unit Respite; Nursing; Consultative Nutritional Services Transportation; Therapies; Education Support; and Supports Broker. Shift Nursing; Consultative Nutritional Services and Supports Broker. Consolidated and Provider Qualifications for Art Therapists Provider Qualifications for Art Therapists Public comment recommended that P/FDS the correct name be used, Art Therapy To provide Art Therapy the individual To provide Art Therapy the individual must Credentials Board. must have one of the following have one of the following certificates: certificates: 1. Certified by the Art Therapy Credentials 1. Certified by the Art Therapy Certification Board (ATCB); or Certification Board (ATCB); or 2. ODP-approved certification board. 2. Other ODP-approved certification board. Waiver(s) Impacted Proposed Language Released For Public Final Language Submitted to CMS Reason For Change Comment on December 3, 2016 Appendix C Residential Habilitation – Consolidated Only Assistance, support and guidance (which The Residential Habilitation provider must Public comment indicated that the includes prompting, instruction, modeling provide the level of services necessary to proposed language was confusing in and reinforcement) in the following enable the participant to meet habilitation that it implied all of the supports must activities must be provided to meet each outcomes. This includes ensuring the be provided to every participant participant’s habilitative outcomes as following assistance, support and guidance regardless of the participant’s needs. documented in the service plan: (which includes prompting, instruction, modeling and reinforcement) in the following activities will be provided as needed to enable the participant to: must be provided to
Consolidated and P/FDS Participants authorized to receive Music Therapy, Art Therapy and Equine Assisted Therapy may not receive the following services at the same time as this service: Community Participation Support; Transitional Work; Supported Employment; Advanced Supported Employment; Benefits Counseling; unit Respite; Transportation; Therapies; Education Support; Shift Nursing; Consultative Nutritional Services and Supports Broker. Participants authorized to receive Music Therapy, Art Therapy and Equine Assisted Therapy may not be provided at the same time as the direct provision of the following receive the following services at the same time as this service: Community Participation Support; Small Group Employment Transitional Work; Supported Employment; Advanced Supported Employment; Benefits Counseling; 15-minute unit Respite; Transportation; Therapies; Education Support; Shift Nursing; Consultative Nutritional Services and Supports Broker. Public comment recommended that shift nursing be allowed to accompany a participant to this service. Public comment also indicated that Supports Broker helps with common law employer and managing employer functions and as such should be allowed at the same time as other services. Consolidated and P/FDS Provider Qualifications for Art Therapists To provide Art Therapy the individual must have one of the following certificates: 1. Certified by the Art Therapy Certification Board (ATCB); or 2. Other ODP-approved certification board. Provider Qualifications for Art Therapists To provide Art Therapy the individual must have one of the following certificates: 1. Certified by the Art Therapy Credentials Certification Board (ATCB); or 2. ODP-approved certification board. Public comment recommended that the correct name be used, Art Therapy Credentials Board. Waiver(s) Impacted Proposed Language Released For Public Comment on December 3, 2016 Final Language Submitted to CMS Reason For Change Appendix C – Residential Habilitation Consolidated Only Assistance, support and guidance (which includes prompting, instruction, modeling and reinforcement) in the following activities must be provided to meet each participant’s habilitative outcomes as documented in the service plan: The Residential Habilitation provider must provide the level of services necessary to enable the participant to meet habilitation outcomes. This includes ensuring the following assistance, support and guidance (which includes prompting, instruction, modeling and reinforcement) in the following activities will be provided as needed to enable the participant to: must be provided to Public comment indicated that the proposed language was confusing in that it implied all of the supports must be provided to every participant regardless of the participant’s needs.
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