1 standardized needs assessment update pa office of developmental programs july 12, 2007
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Standardized Needs Assessment Update
PA Office of Developmental Programs
July 12, 2007
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Why Implement a Standard Assessment?
Response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The Office of Developmental Programs must
establish statewide policies and requirements for the Waivers
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Why Implement a Standard Assessment?
Response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Individual Support Plans (ISPs) must address
participants’ assessed needs and personal goals
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Why Implement a Standard Assessment?
Response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) All Consolidated and Person/Family Directed
Support (P/FDS) Waiver participants will receive a standardized assessment to identify their needs and be used in the planning process
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How Will the Assessment Be Used?Individual Planning
Provides information to be used in the planning process Concrete and detailed Enriches the planning process Adds depth to the ISP
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How Will the Assessment Be Used?Individual Planning (cont.)
Person-centered and specific information The person and those who know the person
best provide the information
Focuses on level of support needed by a person, not deficits in skills
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How Will the Assessment Be Used?Individual Planning (cont.)
Services and supports included in the ISP must correlate with the needs demonstrated through the assessment process
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How Will the Assessment Be Used?Aggregate Level
Planning for future capacity of service system
Target initiatives to identified needs
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What the Standardized Assessment Will Do
Replaces the AE Needs Assessment
Primary needs assessment for all waiver participants
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What the Standard Assessment Will Not Do
Will not diagnose mental retardation
Will not be used for eligibility determination
Will not determine level of care
Will not replace provider assessments required by licensing
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What the Standard Assessment Will Not Do (cont.)
Will not be used as the sole basis for determining or reducing services and supports
Will not determine individual budgets
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Contracting Process
ODP still working to contract with an independent entity to administer assessments
More details will be shared when they become available
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Requirements of the Entity
Conflict freeNot a service or non-service provider Independent of state and county
government
ExperiencedRequired education and experience
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Training for the Entity
ODP-managed training including: MR system Waiver Everyday Lives HCSIS ISP process
Assessment-specific training
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Roll-out Strategy
Proposed to CMS in late June
Need CMS approval before implementation
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Roll-out Strategy Proposed to CMS – Number of Assessments
September 2007: Target date for start of assessments
Approximately 750 statewide assessments per month
Small number of assessments for Bureau of Autism Services
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Roll-out Strategy Proposed to CMS – Begin with New Waiver Participants
Focus on waiver participants
Plan to assess new waiver participants first
Additional assessments available for unexpected needs
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Roll-out Strategy Proposed to CMS – Reassessment
Reviewed annually by ISP team
Assessments conducted every time there is a significant change in a person’s needs
Reassessed at least every fourth year
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Planned Training and Communication – Methods
For All Stakeholders Bulletins
00-07-02: Overview of the Supports Intensity Scale and PA Plus
Video series www.odpconsulting.net
Mailbox [email protected]
Additional opportunities to be determined
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Planned Training and Communication – Methods (cont.)
Waiver participants, family members, and advocates The Training Partnership
Supports Coordinators Statewide Supports Coordination Series
Administrative Entities ODP Academy for Administrative Entities County Administrators Advisory Committee
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Planned Training and Communication – Methods (cont.)
Providers Provider associations/conferences/meetings Information sharing by Administrative Entities
Vendor training ODP managed Assessment specific
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Planned Training and Communication – Target Dates
July 2007 and ongoing Series of video presentations
August 2007 Vendor training begins
September 2007 Academy focused on standard assessment process
Fall 2007 Provider association conferences/meetings
November 2007 Statewide Supports Coordination Series
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Monitoring
Administrative Entities Oversight by ODP Operating Agreement
Independent Entity for Assessment Administration Reliability and Validity Contract Monitoring
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Thank You for Participating!