Week of Dec. 3, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Dec. 3, 2024*






This weekly digest is a method to communicate updates, initiatives and policy changes from the Aging and Adult Services Division (AASD) and Disability Services Division (DSD) in a simplified way. We send this announcement every week on Tuesdays.

In this edition





Joint AASD/DSD messages

* Do not add or make changes to Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) service agreements Dec. 12-20, 2024 [ #MMIS ]
* Reminder: DHS requests feedback on electronic visit verification (EVV) simplification for live-in caregivers [ #EVV ]
* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) implementation updates [ #CFSS ]
* New resource guide for working with interpreters now available [ #Interpreters ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Do not add or make changes to MMIS service agreements Dec. 12-20, 2024 [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies (counties and tribal nations), case managers, MMIS data entry staff and other interested parties
* *Effective dates:* Dec. 12-20, 2024
* *Summary:* Lead agency staff must not add or make changes to Alternative Care (AC), Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disabilities (DD), Elderly Waiver (EW), Essential Community Supports (ECS), CFSS and Consumer Support Grant (CSG) service agreements in MMIS from Dec. 12-20, 2024, or until DHS sends an all-clear eList to lead agencies.

 

Reminder: DHS requests feedback on EVV simplification for live-in caregivers [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People who receive services, families, caregivers, providers, community advocates, financial management services (FMS) providers, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members and other interested parties
* *Input period ends:* Dec. 30, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS requests feedback on barriers and potential solutions to simplify EVV compliance for live-in caregivers in Minnesota.

 

CFSS implementation updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), CSG and CFSS services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates early in the transition.

 

New resource guide for working with interpreters now available [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Certified assessors and other lead agency staff who work with people who need interpreter services
* *Summary:* DHS created a new resource for certified assessors and other lead agency staff who work with interpreters.





Other messages

Occasionally, AASD/DSD shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:


* Dec. 3, 2024: Survey about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the workers' compensation system (forwarded message on behalf of the Department of Labor and Industry) [ [link removed] ]





AASD ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ]

Visit CBSM – What’s new [ [link removed] ] often for a list of policies/pages we’ve recently updated in the Community-Based Services Manual [ [link removed] ].








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