Office of Community Living Updates: May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023

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

Announcement:

Creating Creating Equitable Access within Colorado’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) - Register to Join Us on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 12 to 2 p.m. MT

Memo:

Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR), Targeted Case Management-Transition Coordination (TCM-TC) Service Referral Process

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings:

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Announcement

Creating Equitable Access within Colorado’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

Through the ARPA Initiative 3.01 - Equity Study, HCPF is working with stakeholders to identify barriers and increase equity across HCBS programs.

This has included:

Internal HCPF Equity Study (to be released this summer)

Agency/Provider and Member/Caregiver Survey reaching nearly 500 respondents across Colorado (conducted in February 2023)

Virtual Summit #1 on April 4 with more than 115 participants

In-depth learning exchanges with local grassroots, community organizations throughout the state

On June 6 from 12 to 2 p.m. MT, we will share what we have learned, and invite your further participation in a conversation about barriers and actionable solutions around awareness and enrollment of HCBS programs and services.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

12 to 2 p.m. MT

This work has been supported by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 3.01 Equity Study. You can also find more information about the project on the ARPA HCBS Initiative 3.01 - Equity Study webpage.

Memo

This memo and other memos of interest are on HCPF's 2023 Memo Series Communication webpage.

Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR), Targeted Case Management-Transition Coordination (TCM-TC) Service Referral Process (May 11, 2023): The purposes of this operational memo are: to inform providers about a process that will ensure that Medicaid members who are evaluated for nursing facility admission and continued stay through the PASRR process are provided the opportunity to make an informed choice about where and how they receive care; and, to ensure that Medicaid members residing in nursing facilities who indicate a desire to receive care in a less restricted setting, and/or are assessed as able to receive care in a less restrictive setting, are referred to transition coordination services.

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings

Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

These recordings are posted on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement YouTube channel as well on HCPF program-related webpages. There may be other recordings of interest to you on the channel, so please go to the channel and explore. The most recent meeting recordings are at the bottom of the page.

Below are links to recently uploaded OCL meeting recordings:

Community First Choice (CFC) Council Meeting - May 3, 2023

Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review Program (PASRR) Level 1 Demo Webinar for Hospitals and Case Management Agencies - May 2023

Need to Make an Accommodation Request for one of our General OCL or ARPA-Related Stakeholder Meetings?

Reasonable accommodations for all OCL and ARPA-related stakeholder meetings will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities and language services for individuals whose first language is not English may be provided upon request. Please notify John Barry at 303-866-3173 or John.R.Barry@state.co.usor the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

General OCL Meetings can be found on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

ARPA-Related Meetings can be found on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

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