Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates

Week of May 6, 2025

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

• Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) exception code 635 for transitional services update

AASD messages

• Help shape the future of training for aging services professionals

Joint AASD/DSD messages

MMIS exception code 635 for transitional services update

• Audience: Lead agency supervisors and staff who enter MMIS service agreements
• Effective date: May 7, 2025
• Summary: DHS fixed an MMIS programming issue for exception code 635 related to transitional services.

AASD messages

Help shape the future of training for aging services professionals

• Audience: Elderly Waiver (EW)/Alternative Care (AC) care coordinators, case managers, assessors, supervisors and other lead agency staff
• Survey deadline: May 23, 2025
• Summary: DHS and the University of Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program invite professionals who work with older adults on EW/AC programs to complete a brief survey.

AASD ARCHIVE | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE

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