CAHF/Developmental
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California's
ICF/DD-CN Pilot Project
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from CAHF News February 8, 2002] Developmental Services CAHF MEMBERS SELECTED FOR ICF/DD-CN PILOT PROGRAM Three CAHF members Genesis Developmental Services, The Jack Surnow House and Tupaz Home No. 8 are among 10 providers selected by the Department of Health Services as grantees in the pilot program for intermediate-care facilities for the developmentally disabled-continuous nursing. The program implements the 1999 Assembly Bill 359 (Aroner), providing continuous 24-hour care for clients with developmental disabilities in four-to-six-bed facilities in community settings. Alternative placement The purpose is to provide an alternative to placement in larger institutions for people with developmental disabilities as a result of medical conditions. The selected grantees in the pilot still must pass an initial facility site visit by the DHS Licensing and Certification Division before they may begin enrolling eligible clients. Two alternate providers have also been selected as possible placements in the event that any of the 10 grantees should decline participation in the pilot or for others reasons do not participate. DHS anticipates that the pilot providers will be enrolling consumers by the end of June 2002. Reimbursement boosted The reimbursement rates for the pilot are increased above the ICF/DD-N rates to cover the increased nursing costs. The pilot will run through December 2005. In addition to CAHF members, the selected providers are: Allen-Sprees Family Home III, Astoria House Valley Village, Baird House, Family Homes Inc., Loop Home Foundation I, Solution Care, and 4J's Home. To qualify for placement in the pilot program, clients must be on Medi-Cal and under medical necessity for continuous skilled-nursing care and observation, including but not limited to tracheostomy care with or without ventilator dependence for all or part of the day; total parenteral intravenous therapy; frequent medical or nursing interventions such as respiratory therapy, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, special feeding requirements, intravenous administration of medications, debridement, packing, and medicated irrigation of wounds. |
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