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

Announcements:

• REMINDER: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Provider Webinar

• REMINDER: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings

Memos:

• Children’s Extensive Support (CES) Waiver and Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP) Waiver Respite Service Delivery Option Expansion

• The Wellness Education Benefit: New Monthly Benefit for Children's Home and Community Based Services Waiver Members

General OCL Meetings:

• NEW: Optional Wellness Education Benefit (WEB) Training for Case Managers

• Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

General American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings:

• NEW: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Collaborative (Virtual and In-person) Meeting Series

Announcements

REMINDER: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Provider Webinar Announcement:

Join HCPF on April 25, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. MT for a presentation to providers on the work being done to stabilize the LTSS system amidst several concurrent changes – Public Health Emergency (PHE) Unwind, the new Care and Case Management IT system, and Case Management Redesign - and the impacts on provider payments.

To ensure that the most relevant topics are being covered, please use this form to submit your questions or topic suggestions. We will collect submissions until Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Please note: Questions about specific member issues will not be addressed at this webinar. If you are experiencing an issue specific to a member, please use the escalation form and it will be addressed as quickly as possible.

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REMINDER: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings

Greetings to all Case Management Agencies!

Your input has been invaluable, and in response, we’re excited to offer a series of Care and Case Management (CCM) system trainings to enhance your learning and mastery All Case Managers are encouraged to attend.

Upcoming Training Sessions:

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

10 to-11 a.m. MT

Focus: Program Card Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Service Plan, Care Plan & Bridge Interface Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session.

DATE CHANGE:

Thursday, June 20, 2024

(moved to Thursday due to the Juneteenth holiday)

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Queues and Tasks Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: To Be Determined

Additional sessions will be announced in due course.

Registration is mandatory. These sessions will not be recorded. We look forward to your participation! If you have questions, please email crodriguez@assurecare.com.

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Memos

These memos and other memos of interest are on HCPF's 2024 Memo Series Communication webpage.

• Operational Memo - Children’s Extensive Support (CES) Waiver and Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP) Waiver Respite Service Delivery Option Expansion (April 15, 2024): The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform Members, Case Management Agencies, Respite provider agencies, and stakeholders of additional service delivery options for the Respite benefit in the Children’s Extensive Support (CES) Waiver and the Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP) Waiver.

• Policy Memo - The Wellness Education Benefit: New Monthly Benefit for Children's Home and Community Based Services Waiver Members (April 16, 2024): The purpose of this Policy Memo is to inform Children’s Home and Community-Based\ Services (CHCBS) Waiver members, families, representatives, and Case Management Agencies that the new Wellness Education Benefit will be offered in the CHCBS Waiver beginning May 1, 2024.

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Information about these and other OCL meetings is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

NEW: Optional Wellness Education Benefit (WEB) Training for Case Managers

HCPF is offering an additional, optional Wellness Education Benefit (WEB) training for case managers.

The WEB will consist of educational materials mailed monthly to Children’s Home and Community-Based Service (CHCBS) waiver members. The WEB is defined as individualized educational materials designed to prevent hospitalization or movement into an institutional setting. The WEB helps members in obtaining, processing, and understanding information that assists with managing health-related issues, promoting community living, and achieving goals identified in their person-centered service plans. The WEB also provides members with actionable tools and information for informed decision-making and preparation for conversations with medical and social service professionals.

This benefit will be available to members in May 2024. Information surrounding the WEB will be important for case managers so they can assist in discussing the benefits of the WEB with waiver members. The WEB is an important service for members and may support continued waiver eligibility.

The training will be held:

April 24, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389

Case managers can also access a recording of an earlier training, as well as the PowerPoint presentation, here.

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Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

The PDPPC is a collaboration between stakeholders and HCPF, focusing on issues related to Participant-Directed Programs, which include Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS). All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend.

PDPPC information, including meeting documents and recordings, can be found on the PDPPC webpage. This webpage also contains contact information for the PDPPC stakeholder co-chairs (who are not HCPF staff) and HCPF staff.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

1 to 4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

ARPA-Related Meetings

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

NEW: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Collaborative (Virtual and In-person) Meeting Series

The HCPF Criminal and Juvenile Justice Collaborative provides ongoing feedback to ensure robust stakeholder participation in the development of criminal justice projects including:

• ARPA 8.10 - Criminal Justice Partnerships
• Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) - Juvenile Justice
• 1115 Re-entry Waiver

The Collaborative meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 1 to 2 p.m. MT. The April 2024 meeting will be held at 303 E. 17th Ave., Conference Room 11AB, Denver, CO 80203. The location of future meetings - May 2024 and beyond - is to be determined.

The next meeting will be held:

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

1 to 2 p.m. MT

In-person meeting location for the April meeting:

303 E. 17th Ave., Denver, CO 80203

Conference Room 11AB

Virtual meeting access:

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free): 877-853-5257

Webinar ID: 895 8171 8788, Passcode: 011267

For more information about the Collaborative and its meetings, including location, please see the Criminal and Juvenile justice collaborative webpage. For any questions, please email Hannah Hall.

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.us or the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

General OCL Meetings are on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

ARPA-Related Meetings are on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

Looking for Prior OCL Communications?

Do you know about the OCL LTSS Newsletter Archive? On this page, you can:

• Search OCL newsletters back to January 2022

• Subscribe to the newsletter

• Keep track of OCL announcements, meeting reminders, and memos