Office of Community Living Updates: Feb. 22, 2023

Feb. 22, 2023

The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has the following information to share below:

Announcements:

We Need Your Input! Equitable Access Survey on Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

Necesitamos su opinión! Encuesta de acceso equitativo sobre Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

General OCL Meetings:

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Listening Session

Transitions Stakeholder Advisory Council (TSAC)

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings:

Community First Choice (CFC) Council

ARPA 2.02 Statewide Mobile Crisis Response: General Technical Assistance

Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Training & Career Advancement Action Group

ARPA 3.07‪ Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability Q&A Webinar

Announcement

We Need Your Input!

Equitable Access Survey on Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

As part of the ARPA 3.01 Equity Study, HCPF aims to identify and better understand disparities across HCBS. We are reaching out to members and their families, case managers, providers, connectors, and other advocates to ask for your expert input into understanding more about member and provider experiences pertaining to:

Awareness/Outreach
Enrollment
Use of HCBS

The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Responses to this survey are anonymous and cannot be traced back to the respondent. Please complete this survey by Feb. 19, 2023. Access the survey here. Thank you in advance!

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Necesitamos su opinión!

Encuesta de acceso equitativo sobre Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

Como parte del estudio de equidad ARPA 3.01, el Departamento ha emprendido un proyecto para identificar y comprender mejor las disparidades en HCBS. Nos estamos comunicando con los miembros y sus familias, los administradores de casos, los proveedores, los conectores y otras partes interesadas para solicitar su opinión experta para comprender más sobre las experiencias de los miembros y proveedores relacionadas con:

Concientización/Divulgación,
Inscripción y
Uso de HCBS.

La encuestra debe tomar aproximadamente 10 minutos para completar. Las respuestas a esta encuesta son anónimas y no se pueden rastrear hasta el encuestado. Por favor, complete esta encuesta antes del 19 de febrero del 2023. Acceda a la encuesta aqui. Muchas gracias!

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Please register to join Lt. Governor Primavera, Health Cabinet executive directors and industry leaders for the Health Cabinet Affordability Summit hosted by the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing – March 15, 7:30 - 10 a.m. This FREE virtual event is designed for policymakers, advocates, payers, care providers, health care leaders and other industry stakeholders.

Presentations, topics and panels will include:

Hospital and prescription drug affordability

Rural hospital opportunities

Value based payments

Partnering to Keep Coloradans Covered after the end of the public health emergency

The full agenda will be posted on our Affordable Health Care for Coloradans webpage.

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Other OCL meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Listening Session

EVV Listening Sessions are informal opportunities for stakeholders to bring questions to the Department about your EVV implementation and operation. No new policy or technical processes will be announced in these Listening Sessions. New information will be discussed in the Quarterly EVV Stakeholder meeting and published on this page.

Email EVV@state.co.us to have a calendar invitation sent for this ongoing session.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, March 2, 2023

10 - 11 a.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-208-715-5308, PIN: 438 295 119#

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Transitions Stakeholder Advisory Council (TSAC)

The primary function of this council is to provide guidance and recommendations regarding operational policy and procedural changes to the Transition Services Program and to create solutions to streamline community transitions. The council will analyze barriers for transitions and provide recommendations for improved practices.

The TSAC meets monthly on the first Thursday from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. MT. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

March, 2023 topic: The new Care and Case Management System

For more information, see the Transitions Stakeholder Advisory Council webpage.

The next meeting will be held:

Thursday, March 2, 2023

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-347-480-3624, PIN: 515646803 #

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings

Please find an ARPA-related meeting announcement listed below. Other ARPA-related meeting information is on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

Community First Choice (CFC) Council

The Community First Choice (CFC) Council collaborates with and advises the Department on the design and implementation of a CFC option in Colorado. The CFC Council consists primarily of individuals with disabilities, those 65 years or older, and their representatives to help ensure CFC is implemented in a way that best meets the needs of Coloradans with disabilities.

If you need assistance accessing the meeting webinar link or call-in number, contact the CFC team. For more information, see the Community First Choice Stakeholder Opportunities webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

10 - 11:30 a.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join by Phone:

1-260-230-1249, PIN: 719 313 221#

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ARPA 2.02 Statewide Mobile Crisis Response: General Technical Assistance

This is an opportunity for any interested stakeholders to ask questions and receive support for the Mobile Crisis Medicaid benefit implementation. This meeting will include full program updates. We recommend it if you can only attend one meeting a month. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

These meetings will occur on the first Thursday of the month, from 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. MT, through at least July, 2023.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, March 2, 2023

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join by Phone:

1-361-248-9976, PIN: ‪239 867 541#

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Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Training & Career Advancement Action Group

This Action Group works collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and move forward strategies to support the recruitment and retention of Colorado's direct care workforce. This group intends to meet every other month on the first Friday of the month from 9 – 10 a.m. MT.

The meeting will be held:

Friday, March 3, 2023

9 - 10 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

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ARPA 3.07‪ Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability Q&A Webinar

This meeting is a Question & Answer session regarding the Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability (ARPA 3.07) project. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

The purpose of this grant project is to expand access to Peer Support Services for Medicaid members with complex needs and a history of homelessness. Funding shall be awarded to cover costs associated with outreach, engagement, hiring, training, retention, and supervision of Peer Support Professionals that can provide billable services in the context of housing stability. Funding shall also be awarded to support costs associated with building administrative capacity to become a Medicaid provider and successfully provide and bill for Peer Support Services.

For more information about the project, see the 3.07 portion of the ARPA webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Friday, March 3, 2023

12 - 1 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257

Webinar ID: 825 3280 1284, Passcode: 016573

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