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Issued by KDOA For the Year 2011

• FS 2011-06 - Home and Community-Based Services for Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 12/30/2011.
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.4 - HCBS/FE Services and Rates
• Section 3.5 - HCBS/FE
• Appendix A - HCBS/FE Forms
• Appendix D - Effective Dating Requests (EDR)
• Appendix F - Plan of Care Approval Information
• Appendix I - Customer Service Worksheet (CSW) Time Allowances
• Form SS-009 - Customer Service Worksheet

• FS 2011-05 - Home and Community-Based Services for Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 09/01/2011.
• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.4 - HCBS/FE Services and Rates - last page only

• FS 2011-04 - Home and Community-Based Services for Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 08/09/2011.
• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.4 - HCBS/FE Services and Rates - last page only

• FS 2011-03 - Home and Community-Based Services for Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 08/05/2011.
• No Stakeholder Comments Received


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.4 - HCBS/FE Services and Rates

• FS-2011-02 - Older Americans Act Programs (OAA) - Issued 07/20/2011
• No Stakeholder Comments Received


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 8.1 - Financial Management - Older Americans Act Funds

• FS 2011-01 - Home and Community-Based Services for Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 06/13/2011.
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.1 - Case Management
• Section 3.4 - HCBS/FE Services and Rates
• Section 3.5 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.5 - HCBS/FE
• Appendix A - HCBS/FE Forms
• Appendix I - Customer Service Worksheet (CSW) Time Limits
• Form SS-009 - Customer Service Worksheet
• Form SS-009 - Customer Service Worksheet Instructions
• SS-052 - Statement Of Understanding For Financial Management Services

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Issued by KDOA For the Year 2010

• FS 2010-10 - CARE Program - Issued 01/31/2011.
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 2: Intake, Assessment and Registration Requirements Table of Contents
• Section 2.1 - CARE Program

• FS 2010-09 - Legal Assistance - Issued 12/08/2010.
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 6.0 Table of Contents
• Section 6.3 - Legal Assistance
• Form SS-028 - Legal Services Reporting Form

• FS-2010-08 - Family Caregiver Support Program - Issued 10/01/2010
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.8 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.8 - Caregiver
• SS-025 - II-E Caregiver Assessment Plan Form and Instructions

• FS 2010-07 - Re: Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 07/28/2010
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.5 - Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly
• Section 3.5 - Appendix A - HCBS/FE Forms
• Section 3.5 - Appendix B - Process for Billing HCBS/FE Assessments
• Section 3.5 - Appendix D - Effective Dating Requests
• Section 3.5 - Appendix E - Assistive Technology Authorization
• Section 3.5 - Appendix F - Plan of Care Approval Information
• Form - HCBS/FE Back-Up Plan (in word and pdf)

• FS 2010-06 - Re: Case Management Services and Senior Care Act Program - Issued 09/24/2010
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 3.0 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.1 - Case Management
• Section 3.6 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.6 - Senior Care Act

• FS 2010-05 - Re: Older Americans Act, Senior Care Act, and Medicaid Programs - Issued 08/26/2010
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.


• Section 1.0 - Table of Contents
• Section 1.1 - General Definitions
• Section 1.3 - Grievances/Notices of Actions/Appeals/Affirmative Action
• Section 1.4 - Background Check
• Section 1.5 - Aging Taxonomy
• Section 2.0 - Table of Contents
• Section 2.4 - Standard Intake Process
• Section 2.5 - Uniform Program Registration Process
• Section 2.6 - Uniform Assessment Instrument and Abbreviated Uniform Assessment Instrument Process
• Section 2.7 - AUAI and UPR Trainer, UAI and AUAI Assessors, and UPR Interviewer Requirements

• FS 2010-04 - Nutrition Services (Section 4 of the Field Service Manual) are in DRAFT. Click here to forward to the Draft Policy Information.

• FS 2010-03 - Re: Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 03/19/2010
  The HCBS/FE Appendix H specifying the process for Crisis Exception Criteria approvals is being updated to reflect KDOA’s current policy.

• FS 2010-02 - Re: Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 03/01/2010
  The HCBS/FE Crisis Exception Criteria Checklist form is being updated to reflect KDOA’s current policy on crisis exception criteria for Assistive Technology, Comprehensive Support, Oral Health, and Sleep Cycle Support services and to clarify form completion requirements.

• FS 2010-01 - Re: Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) - Issued 01/06/2010
  Crisis Exception process for four services with additional limitations (Assistive Technology; Comprehensive Support; Oral Health Services; and Sleep Cycle Support). The Crisis Exception Criteria Checklist is also included.

• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.
• Section 3 - Table of Contents
• Section 3.5 - Appendix A - HCBS/FE Forms
• Section 3.5 - Appendix H - Crisis Exception Process
• Form - Crisis Exception Criteria Checklist (in Word and pdf)

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Issued by KDOA For the Year 2009

• FS 2009-03 - Re: Older Americans Act Title III Programs - Issued 01/06/2010
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses

• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.
• Section 1.1 General Definitions
• Section 7.1 Area Plans
• Section 8.1 Financial Management-Older Americans Act Funds
• Section 9.0 Miscellaneous Policies

• FS 2009-02 - Re: Home and Community Based Services for the Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) and Case Management - Issued 12/31/2009
• Stakeholder Comments and KDOA Responses


• Final Documents - also located under the Field Services Manual area.
• Section 1.3
• Section 3.1
• Section 3.4
• Section 3.5

• FS 2009-01 - Re: Change name of HCBS/FE service from “Senior Companion Service” to "Comprehensive Support" and update the Medicaid LTC Threshold criteria definition to include "Cognition." - Issued 06/30/2009
  

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Issued by KDOA For the Year 2008

• FS 2008-07 - Re: Case Management and Home and Community-Based Services for the Frail Elderly and Stakeholders Comments - Issued 12/09/2008
  "Revise existing policies regarding transfer of case management files based on the12 transfer of a customer to a new region and establish new policies regarding the transfer of a customer’s file from one case management entity to another based on customer choice. KDOA form SS-045 is to be used to document the customer’s choice of targeted case management entity."

• FS 2008-05 - Re: Home and Community Based Services/Frail Elderly and Stakeholders Comments - Issued 10/01/2008
  "Revision to the HCBS/FE Waiver adds Senior Companion Service as a waiver service; Self-direction has been split out of Attendant Care Section 3.5.8.I and is now Section 3.5.8.K “Self-Directed Care Requirements”; the HCBS Customer Choice form has been updated."