Office of Community Living Updates: July 27, 2023

July 27, 2023

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

Announcements:

ARPA 6.06 - Dollars to Digitize (D2D) Round 2 Applications begin Monday, July 31, 2023; Informational Webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023

FINAL REMINDER: Help Us with the Upcoming Direct Care Worker Public Awareness Campaign - Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

FINAL REMINDER: Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Survey: Moving the EVV Needle, Tell Us How You EVV? Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

General OCL Meetings:

REMINDER: Experiences of Health First Colorado Members with Disabilities in Primary Care Settings – Part One

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 Bi-Weekly Technical Assistance

Announcements

ARPA 6.06 - Dollars to Digitize (D2D) Round 2 Applications begin Monday, July 31, 2023;

Informational Webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023

If you’re interested in applying for the second round of ARPA 6.06 Dollars to Digitize grant funding, please join us for an informational webinar on Aug. 2 at 1 p.m.! We will discuss application requirements, deadlines and timelines, and answer any questions you may have!

For more information about the D2D grant project and Round Two of applications, see the ARPA 6.06 portion of the ARPA Grants webpage.

The informational webinar will be held:

Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023

1 to 2 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

1-312-626-6799

Webinar ID: 843 2391 1457

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Please register to join HCPF leaders for a webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. This event will share what we accomplished together last year, address priorities for this fiscal year, and invite stakeholder feedback and comments.

The webinar will be held:

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023

9 to 11 a.m. MT

For other information and materials, see the HCPF Annual Stakeholder Webinar page.

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FINAL REMINDER: Help Us with the Upcoming Direct Care Worker Public Awareness Campaign - Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

Would you like to help inform the approach of the upcoming Direct Care Worker public awareness campaign? Here are three options to share your input. You can use any or all of them!

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.

Please add your thoughts to the Jamboard.

Please attend the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative's Value and Awareness Action Group on Friday, July 28, 2023, 1 to 2 p.m. MT. At this meeting, the vendor will attend and solicit stakeholder feedback. You will find meeting information on the Office of Community Living Stakeholder Engagement Calendar.

Feel free to share these links with direct care workers, anyone interested in direct care work, family or friends of direct care workers, or individuals affected by direct care work.

Responses will be kept anonymous. The survey will close Monday, July 31, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. MT.

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FINAL REMINDER: Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Survey: Moving the EVV Needle, Tell Us How You EVV? Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

EVV Compliance is more than claims paying for EVV. HCPF wants to know how you EVV.

Complete this survey and tell us what gets in the way of collecting EVV in real-time and what you have discovered to help us all get better.

The survey will take five minutes to complete. The deadline is Monday, July 31, 2023.

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Survey:

Moving the EVV Needle,Tell Us How You EVV?

General OCL Meetings

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

REMINDER: Experiences of Health First Colorado Members with Disabilities in Primary Care Settings – Part One

HCPF is holding this initial meeting in response to feedback from advocates about the experiences of Health First Colorado members living with disabilities in primary care settings. We invite all interested members living with disabilities, their family members, disability advocates and any other interested stakeholders to participate.

This meeting will begin with a presentation by our partner, the Colorado Health Institute, on Health First Colorado’s Accountable Care Collaborative, the regional structure that manages the physical and behavioral health benefits and helps coordinate care for Medicaid members.

HCPF will then lead and facilitate a listening session during which we invite stakeholders to inform us about patient experiences, issues, strengths and weaknesses: anything you want us to know.

HCPF’s goal for this first meeting is to gather information that will help us identify needed and feasible steps to improve this system of care.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023

9 to 10:30 a.m. MT

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Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Listening Session

EVV Listening Sessions are informal opportunities for stakeholders to bring questions to HCPF 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, Aug. 3, 2023

10 to 11a.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 meet monthly on the first Thursday at 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. MT. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

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

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023

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

Agenda includes:

Long-Term Care Application Process and Updates for Hospitals and Nursing Homes

Join via Google Meet

Join by 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 and Calendar webpage.

Community First Choice (CFC) Council

The Community First Choice (CFC) Council collaborates with and advises HCPF 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 away that best meets the needs of Coloradoans with disabilities.

All interested stakeholders are welcome. CFC Council meetings are held monthly on the first Wednesday at 10 to 11:30 a.m. MT.

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, Aug. 2, 2023

10 to 11:30 a.m. MT

Meeting Topic:

Transition Services

Join by Google Meet

Join by Phone:

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

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ARPA 2.02 Statewide Mobile Crisis Response Bi-Weekly Technical Assistance

This is an opportunity for Administrative Service Organizations (ASO) / Regional Accountable Entities (RAE), community and members, providers, and any interested stakeholder to ask questions and receive technical assistance related to implementing the Mobile Crisis Medicaid Benefit.

Email Emily Holcomb for more information contact Emily Holcomb at Emily.Holcomb@state.co.us.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023

11 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT

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.

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