New! Assessment Tools for HCBS Settings - Comments due by 2/20/15

This is from the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). Read the documents available on the website and comment. See also the CMS clarification of the HCBS settings rule :

Stakeholder Review of Assessment Tools for the Home and Community-Based Services Program Transition Project

As many of you are already aware, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new rule in 2014 for home and community-based services waivers. The new rule affects 1915 (c) waiver programs. The Department has since developed a statewide transition plan to bring its waiver programs into compliance with the new rule.

As part of the transition process, the Department must determine whether settings under these waivers have “home and community-based” characteristics. For this purpose, the Department developed a set of surveys to assess individual settings for home and community-based characteristics.

The Department has posted the draft assessment tools and associated documents at this website.
 
The Department will accept feedback and comments on the survey tools until February 20, 2015. 

Feedback and comments can be submitted by e-mail to:
HCBSTransition@michigan.gov or by mail at:

HCBS Program Transition Team

Capitol View Building, 7th Floor

201 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI 48913
 
The Department will also be developing a scoring system for the assessment at a later date to determine the level of compliance of each setting with the rule.

Additional information about the project and statewide transition plan are available on the Department’s website.
 
Thank you for your continued interest and support in this process.

Regards,

Home and Community-Based Services Program Transition Team

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More from the MDCH website:
  
Assessment Tools

As part of the transition process, the Department must determine whether settings under these waivers have “home and community-based” characteristics. For this purpose, the Department developed a set of surveys to assess individual settings for home and community-based characteristics....

[See above for where to send comments.]

...Stakeholders should read the “Assessment Tool Cover Letter” and “Home and Community-Based Services Program Transition Frequently Asked Questions” before reviewing the assessment tools.

Cover Letter

Provider Tool

Participant Tool

Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan Tool