ODDS has posted a worker guide identifying the authorization and payment procedures that must be followed by Case Management Entities (CMEs) and providers for the delivery of Direct Nursing Services (DNS).Worker's Guide: Direct Nursing MMIS Authorization and Payment Procedures. The Board suspended the practical nurse license of Qabana E. Sima (202005088LPN) for 90 days for engaging in abusive behavior towards a coworker and demonstrated incidents of abusive, intimidating, or reckless behavior. ODDS has compiled a list of rates for most services impacted by the adoption of new rate models. The Board reprimanded the practical nurse license of Jennifer A. Giles (200030165LPN) for failing to document nursing interventions in a timely manner and failing to take action to preserve client safety. An email from the OSBN requesting primary-source verification from the state in which you currently holdunencumbered non-Oregon RN/LPN licensure. Regardless of licensing or certification type (Child Welfare or DD), the CDDP providing case management services to that child is responsible to ensure that an on-site compliance assessment is completed. Under this agreement, Personal Support Workers who have obtained a Job Coach specialty are eligible to receive an hourly stipend for completing training required under OAR 411-345. The list of transmittals includes all active ODDS transmittals (regardless of date) and obsolete transmittals starting in 2015. American Sign Language (ASL) and live captioning will be provided. The Board reprimanded the registered nurse license of Wondimu E. Chako (200241818RN) for failing to take action to preserve client safety and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. A Medicaid Certified Agency (an agency with a certificate issued under OAR chapter 411 division 323) can be endorsed to OAR 411-450 to operate a CLS program. Worker's Guide: Career Development Planning: Who is Required to Have a Career Development Plan or Decision Not to Explore Employment3. Creating a Stand-Alone Workers Guide for Local Match Transportation.2. Only share sensitive information on official, secure websites. Veterinarian: 100K Bonus. In order to assist with this, ODDS is adopting administrative rules that will make non-compliance with measures intended to slow the spread of COVID-19 subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 per violation. The Board reprimanded the psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner license of Jody A. Stark (200550081NP) for failing to accurately document nursing interventions, failing to properly assess and document client assessment when prescribing drugs, and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. PERM is a system of audits conducted by CMS contractors for identification of improper payments in the Medicaid waiver, State Plan and CHIP programs. Includes procedures expected to occur regarding the Oregon Needs Assessment (ONA) to ensure that the most current support needs are accurately captured on the ONA and that the resulting Service Group is indicative of the current support needs. This is designed to make trainings more accessible to Employment Agencies in rural areas. The Board reprimanded the registered nurse license of Rebecca R. Moore (085075127RN) for demonstrated incidents of dishonesty and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. Provides alternatives when a childs Social Security card cannot be located or obtained. A minor change to The Guide to Home Modifications has been made to clarify that final invoices from the construction contractor must be included along with photos of the completed construction project, the signed Provisional Memo, and any required permits. States were instructed to implement these changes as soon as possible given unavoidable delays in making the necessary changes to states eligibility systems. She resides in Prineville, Ore. She resides in Medford, Ore. This means that all children under 18 receiving in-home supports who would otherwise be attending school can access, if the need arises, the summer hours identified in their current Child Needs Assessment (CNA) for the duration of the statewide school closure. Effective July 1, 2014, the Department adopted OAR 411-318-0000 that provides a uniform complaints and hearings process. In-person Discovery is the best model as it allows the person and the provider to experience and observe things that might not be apparent during a virtual service. ODDS has developed and posted Technical Guides to provide additional information and guidance to implement Oregon Administrative Rule, k-plan, and/or HCBS waiver requirements related to Case Management Contacts and Waiver Service Requirements. The data gathered is used to inform and monitor policy. Case management entities are required to review written emergency plans for DD licensed/certified Adult and Child Foster Care providers to ensure they sufficiently address strategies to mitigate and respond to an outbreak or pandemic of infectious disease including COVID-19. Effective no later than 8/1/15, all services that are authorized on the following plans are required to be consistent with the Expenditure Guidelines Version 3:- New ISPs- Renewal ISPs- Revised ISPs. Effective October 1, 2010, the revised budget rate tool(s) must be completed when requesting funding for Employment/Alternative to Employment (SE54), Transportation (SE53), and Supported Living (SE51). ii. The state OIS has purchased a new reporting tool that all state software must now use. OAR411-375 describes circumstances in which an Independent Provider (Personal Support Worker and non-PSW Independent Provider) may have their provider number inactivated or terminated by the Department. The Board reprimanded the registered nurse license of Laura B. Murphy (201505276RN) and imposed a $1,250 civil penalty for violating a persons rights of privacy of information by accessing information without proper authorization or a demonstrated need to know. In addition, the Frequently Asked Questions at the end of the guide have been updated. An email from the OSBN requesting a copy of your training program certificate, as well as primary-source verification from the state in which you are certified currently as a CNA or as an unencumbered non-Oregon RN/LPN licensure. She resides in Portland, Ore. In early November, all CMEs will receive an NCI contact information spreadsheet (via secure email) containing a list of individuals for whom the CME provides case management supports who were randomly selected to participate in the Adult In-Person Survey. Locations: Due to in-person clinical requirements, students must be full time residents of FL, IN, TX, MO, or UT to enroll in this program.The coursework in this program is offered online, but there are in-person requirements Tuition: $6,430 for the 1st term, $7,616 per 6-month term for the remaining 4 terms. She resides in Junction City, Ore. Upon publication of this transmittal, the Expenditure Guidelines have been updated to reflect the proper rate. An official website of the State of Oregon , 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd., Portland, OR 97224, Employer Verification Subscription Service. Senate Bill 905 (SB 905) was passed during Oregons 2019 Legislative Session and took effect on July 1, 2019. In order to request contingency funds, all actions outlined in AR 20-40 must be completed on or before June 4, 2020. ODDS, in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), has made available a letter template that may be provided to individuals with COVID-19 symptoms to assist then in requesting COVID-19 testing from a healthcare provider. She resides in St. Petersburg, Fla. Idaho The Board reprimanded the registered nurse license of Graziella C. Stanculescu (090006810RN) with conditions for neglecting a client and failing to communicate client status information to members of the healthcare team. The Board reprimanded the registered nurse license of Jessica Hubbard (201901170RN) with conditions for falsifying data and demonstrated incidents of dishonesty. ODDS is moving forward with the Compass Project rate model implementation for 24-hour residential group homes scheduled for July 1, 2022. Effective April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, Developmental Disability (DD) Medicaid Certified licensed and endorsed 24-hour residential setting providers will receive an additional 10% increase to current service rates due to the increased costs that are being incurred as a result of COVID-19. She resides in Corvallis, Ore. ODDS is publishing a new Workers Guides related to Supported Self-Employment Services. NEW! Please use the. Effective July 1, 2022, ODDS will implement a new rate structure for ODDS Funded Community Transportation. The Board reprimanded the practical nurse license of Alma D. Alvarez-Garcia (201392141LPN) for failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. She resides in White Salmon, Wash. Washington The Board suspended the registered nurse license of Micheal B. Lachappelle (201609743RN) for a minimum 14 days for failing to cooperate with the Board during an investigation. Service Coordinators must deduct the average monthly SE54 attendant care hours chosen by the individual to meet their needs from the ANA assessed service level prior to inputting the hours into the Direct Support Wages field on the Supported Living Budget tool for all new and renewing Individual Support Plans. The Expenditure Guidelines version 12 has been updated to reflect a legislatively approved 8.2% rate increase for certain services and provider types. The Oregon Nurse Practice Act is comprised of Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 678.010-678.445 (laws) and Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 851 (rules). To earn licensure by examination, each candidate must pay $100 for the exam This is required training for all new and existing SCs and PAs working within the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Nursing program utilizes state-of-the-art on-campus laboratories, including a nursing simulation laboratory and a multimedia computer laboratory, to facilitate student learning. ODDS Licensing will contact providers in case they do not want to extend their approved temporary capacity change. She resides in Tigard, Ore. GeorgiaThe Board accepted the voluntary withdrawal of Tamika H. Winters LPN application for using intoxicants to the extent injurious to herself of others. All DD case management entities are required to immediately review their written emergency plans, polices, and procedures, to ensure they sufficiently address strategies to mitigate and respond to an outbreak or pandemic of infectious disease including COVID-19. The Board revoked Cristine S. Leach's registered nurse license (200842697RN) for demonstrated incidents of dishonesty, falsifying data, and directing another person to alter data. She resides in Bend, Ore. nursing assistants during its October 13, 2021, Board Meeting. This is to ensure the LOC is functioning as designed. Beginning 3-14-18 with the release of Eligibility and Enrollment in eXPRS, the Level of Care (LOC) form APD0520 dated 3.18 (online on the forms page with the release of this transmittal, 3-5-2018) must be used for any individual who requires a new Level of Care. The Board accepted the Voluntary Surrender of Marisia A. Daley's practical nurse license (201601737LPN) for violating the terms and conditions of a Board Order. When agencies who are certified as Medicaid Certified agencies via OAR 411-323, or foster care through OAR 411-346 or OAR 411-360 use staff from a temporary staffing agency, have volunteers or use contractors (who have direct contact or access to individuals or their information), the Medicaid Certified agency or foster care provider must ensure that the staff person meets all of the same criminal history check and training expectations as employees of the Medicaid Certified agency. He resides in Vancouver, Wash. The Freedom of Choice form has been amended to provide documentation that an individuals current support needs are accurately reflected in the Level of Care/Oregon Needs Assessment and that the individual continues to choose waiver or k-plan services. Certifiers will have ten business days to complete each survey. Once a Case Management Entity has become certified in the Centralized Abuse Management (CAM) system, all death reports from that CME will be made by completing a Serious Incident report in CAM. ODDS requires that Community Living Supports provider agencies immediately review their written emergency plans, as well as their policies and procedures for maintaining health and safety, in order to ensure they sufficiently address strategies to mitigate and respond to an outbreak or pandemic of infectious disease including COVID-19. Contact information must be sent via e-mail to. The Board reprimanded the practical nurse license of Merritt W. Awbrey (201330023LPN) for falsifying data. Any agency intending to deliver Direct Nursing Services (DNS) to eligible individuals, 21 years of age and older, with intellectual or developmental disabilities, must be endorsed to deliver Direct Nursing Services per OAR 411-380 at the time that ODDS implements the Burns and Associates proposed group home rates. As a result of the 21-23 Collective Bargaining Agreement for DD Adult Foster Care Providers, ODDS will be increasing rates for Adult FC services provided beginning July 1, 2021. She resides in Yreka, Calif. Idaho The Board suspended the CRNA license of Bradley S. Dalling (201811292CRNA) for 12 months, to be followed by two years of probation, and placed his RN license (201811282RN) on probation until his CRNA suspension and probation is completed. Documents were added to the ONA Assessor Resource Page. If an individual and/or the employment team determine that an individual will continue to need job coaching after the initial 6 months of job coaching provided through VR/DD and 18 months of Ongoing Job Coaching, a maintenance request must be made at least 30 days prior to the end of the persons 18 months of Ongoing Job Coaching.Worker's Guide: Job Coaching Requirements. All entities applying to become a Medicaid agency on or after July 1, 2022, must complete the orientation prior to submitting their application. 07/25/202207/27/202208/02/202208/18/2022. Oregon will again participate in the Staff Stability Survey this year. The Board accepted the Voluntary Surrender of Becky J. Clausen's practical nurse licenses (200130441LPN) for obtaining unauthorized controlled medications and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. It has known security flaws and may not display all features of this and other websites. ODDS staff will continue to present Compass Project trainings in the coming months to prepare those who work in or receive services in Oregons intellectual and developmental disabilities system. In addition to criminal history checks being extended,ODDS is also extending Provider Enrollment Agreements and Applications (PEAAs). Effective immediately, no new approvals and/or authorizations for Family Support Services or Expanded Family Support Funds are allowable. Burns & Associates, a division of Health Management Associates (HMA-Burns), has been contracted to assist with this rate study. OAR 411-390-0160 requires that the person being considered as HCA completes Department-approved training prior to their appointment as HCA and prior to making any health care decisions on behalf of the individual. OAR 411-365-0030(4) requires that a minimum of two ISP team members who have completed the Department approved training participate in the appointment of an HCR. Case Management Entities must submit contact information for Long-Term Care Service (LTCS) request referrals from ONE to the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS) for inclusion in the DD directory. Individuals eligible to receive Community First Choice (K Plan) services may elect to receive Home Delivered Meals as a state plan service, if the individual meets the eligibility criteria for this specific service type. Worker's Guide for Long-Term Care Community Nursing (LTCCN) and Direct Nursing Services (DNS) during employment or DSA services. 309-081-0040 Application and Review Process. This transmittal is designed to provide you answers for the July 1, 2022 Compass Project implementation. For providers NOT on the LTCR, ODDS has issued a 90-day extension on approved Criminal History Checks (CHCs). Includes toolsto refer individuals withbehavioral health needs for services and other supports for which they may be eligible. The Department shall impose conditions on an ODDS-licensed, endorsed, or certified provider when the death of an individual receiving services results in a protective services investigation. The Expenditure Guidelines Version 5 is available for immediate use. The Board revoked the practical nurse license of Brittany P. Oliver (202008176LPN) for violating the terms and conditions of a Board Order and failing to cooperate during an investigation. She resides in Three Rivers, Calif. KansasThe Board denied Duane M. Glenn's CNA application for failing to answer application questions truthfully and failing to cooperate with the Board during an investigation. ODDS has compiled this information in a spreadsheet for each CDDP to utilize when creating Foster Care Plan of Cares in eXPRS through the new service elements SE158 for adult foster care and SE258 for childrens foster care. This is a data point and is not associated with a new or different rate. The newest version of the SNAP assessment tool, Version 18, has been available and authorized to be used for all foster care assessments (SE158 Adult Foster Care and SE 258 Childrens Foster Care) since January 1, 2018 and is required to be used for all SNAP assessments conducted from this day forward. This fall the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality should expand the programs carbon intensity reduction targets and maximize the potential of this program to This IM will supplant IM 14-045 regarding service rates for Residential Care Facilities (RCF) and Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) settings through Developmental Disability funding to update correct internet links. The Board accepted the Voluntary Surrender of Renee M. Edwardss family nurse practitioner license (200450130NP) for failing to properly assess and document client assessment when prescribing, prescribing drugs to a person who was not her client, and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. She resides in Springfield, Ore. In April 2022, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted and recorded a Provider Education webinar explaining the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Program. Foster care providers are expected to follow all Department policies described in the reopening guides, the direction of the Governors office, direction from Local Public Health Authorities and the Oregon Health Agency Public Health Department. Now, under certain conditionsit is permissible. This form is available on the Forms website at https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/ce1415.doc. Nevada The Board reprimanded the family nurse practitioner license of Thor F. Hauff (201391413NP-PP) and imposed a $1,500 civil penalty for failing to document nursing interventions and failing to conform to the essential standards of acceptable nursing practice. She resides in Vancouver, Wash. Washington The Board accepted the Voluntary Withdrawal of Charlton M. Sakari's nursing assistant application for violating the terms and conditions of a Board Order. There have been many changes to the ANA and CNA tools and in efforts to keep training current, the old video training will no longer be available. RN requirements include legal citizenship and a nursing degree from an accredited institution. IdahoThe Board reprimanded and imposed a $500 civil penalty on Edward L. Dietrichs registered nurse license (201340634RN) for the unauthorized removal of client information from the workplace and conduct derogatory to the standards of nursing. These include Community Developmental Disabilities Programs (CDDPs) and Support Service Brokerages. Beginning in May 2022, each CME will receive a report noting upcoming ONAs and Plans of Care (POC) in eXPRS and those that are past due. Oregon Governor Kate Brown has declared a statewide emergency in response to the wildfires that are currently occurring in Oregon. The passage of House Bill (HB) 2283 is causing some confusion regarding the implementation of services for youth with disabilities ages 18 through 21. In order to improve access, ODDS needs to better understand reasons that Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) eligibility determinations are not made within 90 days from the intake. This transmittal is intended to provide additional guidance regarding the requirements of Personal Support Worker (PSW), including PSW Specialists, enrolled or wanting to enroll as Employment Service Providers, for training and demonstration of Core Competencies and Training Standards of Supported Employment Professionals. The Worker Guide explaining Agency and Independent Providers of Professional Behavior Services invoicing requirements for billing in Plan of Care has been updated.