• In response to requests for making telemedicine services available during this time of crisis, OPWDD has issued guidance related to the use of telemedicine. That guidance is available here.

• Additionally, OMH has released supplemental guidance related to telemental health. This Supplemental Guidance expands the definition of telemental health and the types of staff able to use telemental health during the duration of the declared disaster emergency. A self-attestation form linked here should be completed if you have not already done so. Updated attestations are not required for agencies or programs that have already submitted.

• OPWDD has repurposed the quality@opwdd.ny.gov email address, which now serves as the central location for providers to notify OPWDD of their plans for programmatic changes, where questions or concerns may be raised to OPWDD about containment-related efforts that impact the delivery of supports, and where providers can communicate with OPWDD about potential plans they are developing.  

• A small group of providers met with OPWDD this afternoon to review possible content of a potential 1915K application OPWDD may submit to CMS to address concerns about funding relief for providers for which the provider associations have been advocating.