Response to DHS HCBS Audit 5 15 08 – 5 16 08
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Response to DHS HCBS Audit 5 15 08 – 5 16 08

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Response to DHS HCBS Audit 5/15/08 – 5/16/08 Clearwater County Department of Human Services      Corrective Actions Required  1.  Beginning immediately, case managers must conduct face‐to‐face visits with participants as               required in the federally approved waiver plan.    Agency Response:   The  Waiver Team made up of wavier case managers, case aide and social service supervisor will meet  to review the face‐to‐face visits requirements specified in statute and  documentation  expectations.   Case managers will conduct face‐to‐face visits as required by statute.  Case managers will document  all face‐to‐face contacts with clients.     2. Within the next 30 days, ensure that case managers develop a care plan for all participants that do not have one.    Agency Response:   Within the next 30 days, the waiver case managers and social service supervisor will review case files to ensure a care plan is present.  For the files that a care plan in not present, the case manager will develop the care plan.    3.  Beginning immediately,  ensures that all full‐team DD screening documents have the two required signatures.   It is required that the DD screening document is signed and dated  by the case manager and either a participants with their own guardianship or a participant’s legal representative.    Agency Response:    DD case managers  and social service supervisor will review all DD screening documents ...

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ResponsetoDHSHCBSAudit5/15/085/16/08ClearwaterCountyDepartmentofHumanServicesCorrectiveActionsRequired1.Beginningimmediately,casemanagersmustconductfacetofacevisitswithparticipantsasrequiredinthefederallyapprovedwaiverplan.AgencyResponse:TheWaiverTeammadeupofwaviercasemanagers,caseaideandsocialservicesupervisorwillmeettoreviewthefacetofacevisitsrequirementsspecifiedinstatuteanddocumentationexpectations.Casemanagerswillconductfacetofacevisitsasrequiredbystatute.Casemanagerswilldocumentallfacetofacecontactswithclients.2. Withinthenext30days,ensurethatcasemanagersdevelopacareplanforallparticipantsthatdonothaveone.AgencyResponse:Withinthenext30days,thewaivercasemanagersandsocialservicesupervisorwillreviewcasefilestoensureacareplanispresent.Forthefilesthatacareplaninnotpresent,thecasemanagerwilldevelopthecareplan.3.Beginningimmediately,ensuresthatallfullteamDDscreeningdocumentshavethetworequiredsignatures.ItisrequiredthattheDDscreeningdocumentissignedanddatedbythecasemanagerandeitheraparticipantswiththeirownguardianshiporaparticipant’slegalrepresentative.AgencyResponse:DDcasemanagersandsocialservicesupervisorwillreviewallDDscreeningdocuments.Casemanagerwillobtainrequiredsignatures.4. Beginningimmediately,designatesseparatecasemanagementandguardianshiprolesforallparticipantswithpublicguardianship.AgencyResponse:ClearwaterCountyDHSwillensurethatparticipantswithpublicguardianshipshaveaseparatecasemanagerandaseparatestaffassignedtotheguardianshiprole.
5. Updateallcareplansinthenextsixmonths.EnsurethatcareplansincludeallrequireddocumentationforHCBSparticipantsinallprogramsincludingidentifyingparticipantneeds,healthandsafetyissuesandparticipantgoalsandoutcomes.AgencyResponse:Waivercasemanagersandthesocialservicesupervisorhavereviewedcareplanrequirements.ClearwaterCountyhasstartedutilizingtheDHSapprovedLTCCCommunitySupportPlan,anupdatedISPandtheMSC+/MSHOCasePlanrequiredbyourmanagedcareagency.Allcareplanswillbeupdatedwithinthenextsixmonths.6. Beginningimmediately,ensuresthatchoicequestionsareincludedinthecareplansandareansweredandsignedbytheparticipant(ortheirlegalrepresentative).AgencyResponse:ClearwaterCountyisutilizingtheLTCCCommunitySupportPlanandtheMSC+/MSHOCasePlanswhichincludedchoicequestions.TheupdatedISPalsoincludeschoicequestions.ClearwaterCountyisalsousingDHSform2727InformationandSignatureSheetforPAS/EW/AC/CADI/CAC/TBIforallwavierfiles.7.IncludeabackupplanandemergencycontactinformationinthecareplanofallCADIandTBIParticipants.Allcareplansmustbeupdatedwiththisinformationwithinsixmonths.AgencyResponse:AllCADIandTBIfileswillincludedabackupplanandemergencycontactinformationinthecareplanwithinsixmonths.TheformatissimilartotheemergencybackupplanincludedintheDSPMbriefcasedocuments.8.Beginningimmediately,ensuresthatthecompletionofcareplansforCCTcasesoccurswithin10daysofassessment.Statelegislationrequiresthatcareplansbecompletedwithin14days(10businessdays)ofthecompletionoftheassessment.AgencyResponse:Thesocialservicesupervisorreviewedthisrequirementwithcasemanagementstaff.Thesupervisorwillmonitorbyongoingcasereviews.9. CompleteICF/MRlevelofcaredocumentationforallparticipantsintheDDprogramthatdonothavethisdocumentationinthenext30days.Maintainacopyofthefindingsintheparticipant’scasefile.AgencyResponse:TheICF/MRLevelofCareform(DHS4147A)hasbeenprovidedtostaffandreviewedwithstaff.TheDDprogramcasemanagerswillcompletethisformforallexistingfileswithinthenext30days.Theformwillbeaddedtotheinitialassessmentandreassessmentpaperworkpackets.
10. CompleteanOBRALevelOneforallLTCparticipantsthatdonothaveoneinthenext30days.Maintainacopyofthiscompletedformintheparticipant’scasefile.AgencyResponse:TheOBRALevelOneform(DHS3426)hasbeenprovidedtostaffandreviewedwithstaff.TheformwillbecompletedforallLTCparticipantswithinthenext30days.Theformwillbeaddedtotheassessmentandreassessmentpaperworkpackets.Supervisorwillmonitorthroughcasereviewsforcompliance.11. CompleteaTBIWaiverAssessmentandEligibilityDeterminationFormforallparticipantsintheTBIprogramthatdonothavethisformwithinthenext30days.Maintainthisforminthecasefileandupdateitannually.AgencyResponse:DHSform3471TBIWaiverAssessmentandEligibilityDeterminationFormhasbeenprovidedtostaffandreviewedwithstaff.TheTBIworkerwillensurethattheformiscompletedforallTBIparticipantswithinthenext30days.Supervisorwillmonitorthroughcasereviewsforcompliance.12.Beginningimmediately,ensurethatthereisdocumentationthateachparticipanthasbeeninformedofandprovidedconsentabouttheirrightsanddataprivacypractices.Documentationofinformedconsentmustbecompletedforallparticipantswithinsixmonths.AgencyResponse:Casemanagementstaffandsocialservicesupervisorhavereviewedthisrequirement.CasemanagementstaffwillutilizeDHSform3979MNDHSNoticeofPrivacyPracticesandDHSform2727InformationandSignatureSheetforPAS/EW/AC/CADI/CAC/TBItoinformparticipantsoftheirrightsanddataprivacypractices.Staffwillensurethatinformedconsenthasbeencompletedforallparticipantswithinthenextsixmonths.13.Beginningimmediately,securetheevidencethatacurrentservicecontractexistswhenparticipantsuseservicesinanothercounty.MaintaincopiesofallhostcountycontractsandcurrentsignaturepagestoensureacurrenthostcountycontractexistsandisvalidfortheservicespurchasedbyClearwaterCounty.AgencyResponse:Beginningimmediately,waiverteamstaffwillreviewfilesofclientsreceivingoutofcountyservices.Ifacurrentcontactisnotsecured,staffwillcontactthehostcountyandrequestacopyofthevalidcontract.
14. Within90days,assessstaffingcapacitiesandresourceneedstomaintainbasicwaiveroperationsandmeetallprogramrequirementsincludingcasemanagementvisits,developingtimelycareplanswithfallrequiredelementsandmaintainingcasefiledocumentationrequirementsforHCBSprograms.AgencyResponse:ClearwaterCountyDepartmentofHumanServicehasrecentlyjoinedtheCountyBasedPurchasingHealthCarePlanofPrimeWest.AswefamiliarizeourselveswiththerequirementsofPrimeWestHealthSystems,inadditiontoourexistingduties,wewillbeassessingtheneedtohavestaffandtoolsinplacetosupportthepresentandfuturecaseload.Thesocialservicesupervisorandwaviercasemanagerswillreviewcurrentwaviercaseloadsandothernonwavierresponsibilitieswavierstaffcurrentlyhas.Basedonthereview,nonwavierresponsibilitiesmaybeshiftedordelegatedtoothersocialserviceunitstaff.
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