Monthly Notice of Memo Series Issued

May 5, 2022

Monthly Notice of Memos Issued

This Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department) newsletter is designed to inform county directors, management and staff about high-impact updates, important changes, county performance, new guidance, and program changes.

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Policy Memos

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Operational Memos

OM 22-023

FY 2021-22 Continuous Coverage (Continuous Eligibility) Performance Incentive

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to set the final deliverable required from each

county department of human/social services (county) for the Continuous Coverage

(Continuous Eligibility) Performance Incentive as part of the FY 2021-22 County

Incentives Program. The Performance Incentive was updated due to the federal

government extending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) past the end of

state fiscal year 2021-22. The Incentive continues to be weighted at 20% of total

County Incentives funding.

OM 22-022

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Base Wage Rate Increase Attestation Reminder

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to provide service providers and case

management agencies (CMAs) who are also service providers a reminder to complete

the required attestation form for the ARPA base wage rate increase as outlined in HCPF

Operational Memo 22-004 and HCPF Operational Memo 21-087 no later than June 30,

2022.

OM 22-021

Case Management Rate Change Extended

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform Case Management Agencies of the

extended end date for the temporary increase to the rates paid for Case Management

services previously announced in Operational Memo 22-015

OM 22-019

County Communications to Medical Assistance Applicants and Members

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to detail the requirements process for county

departments of human/social services to submit county-created communications to the

Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department) for review and

approval, following County Administration Rules at 10 CCR 2505-5 1.020.8.

County Relations Webform

OM 22-018

RY 2023 Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Audit

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to set expectations and provide guidance

regarding the federally required Reporting Year (RY) Payment Error Rate Measurement

(PERM) audit for Medical Assistance eligibility determinations. The audience for this

memo is all county departments of human/social services, Medical Assistance (MA) Sites, and Eligibility Application Partners (EAPs), collectively known throughout this

memo as Eligibility Sites.

The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department, or HCPF) and

eligibility sites who conduct eligibility determinations are subject to review and

compliance with federal audit requirements.

OM 22-017

Cost Containment Form Requirements and CSR Requirements for the CHCBS Waiver Changes

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform Children’s Home and Community Based Services (CHCBS) waiver case management providers of the Department of

Health Care Policy & Financing (Department) changes to Cost Containment Form and

Continued Stay Review (CSR) requirements for members enrolled in the CHCBS waiver.

Informational Memos

None