1. Intellectual Disability Partnership Structure

2. ID Partnership Fiscal Transition Subcommittee
Commissioner-level leadership. Oversight and direction-setting.
Fiscal Transition Subcommittee
Issues: rates, contracts, billing, reporting.
Long-Term Strategies Subcommittee
Issues: continuum of services, ASO options, wait list strategies.
Waiver Development Subcommittee
Issues: amendment, private pay options, technical assistance.
Provider Transition Subcommittee
Issues: payments, billing, training needs, IT requirements.
Planning Committee
Senior staff-level supervision. Project management and synthesis of work.
ID Partnership Advisory Committee
Providers, families, advocates. Recommendations and review of reports/outcomes.

3. Planning Committee Subcommittee information sharing Project Management
Communications
Process for information flow between subcommittees
Issue areas:
Rates
Medicaid eligibility issues
Billing/payment issues
Waiver language
Priority setting
Set milestones
Set timetables
Monitor progress
Eliminate obstacles
Communications to:
ID Partnership members
Agency Partners
Preparation of materials

4. Fiscal Transition Subcommittee
Cross-Agency Logistics
Billing/Payment Issues
Rate Setting
Cost-based, inflation & Level of Need (LON) factors
Transportation to/from day programs
Portability
Allowance for vacation & hospital stays
Emergency enhanced supports
Utilization Resource Review (URR) approved annualized rates
Cross-agency budget & accounting structure
Memorandum of Agreement (MOAs)
DSS/DDS transfer invoice process
Determining DSS payment to DDS for other residential services
Reporting formats
IT requirements
Contractual agreements
Provider cash flow
Billing for non-waivered supports
Process for individuals funded through Money Follows the Person (MFP)
Process for individuals living in a public setting converted to private provider supports

5. Long-Term Strategies Subcommittee
Services
Administration
Continuum of Services between in-home supports and group home placements
Supportive housing models tailored to individuals with ID
Strategies to address and fund the DDS waiting list
Medicaid options to support continuum of services
Exploration of Administrative Services Organization (ASO) use
Healthy provider network
Examination of fire code requirements influencing room and board costs

6. Waiver Development Subcommittee
Technical Assistance
Waiver Options
Develop amendment language:
New rate methodology
New continuum of service options
Medicaid eligibility issues
Explore options for private pay/third party payments

7. Provider Transition Subcommittee
Payments/Billing
Contracting
Information Sharing
New contract language
Reporting requirements
Qualifications
Cash flow
Billing systems
IT requirements
Medicaid eligibility issues
Process for billing discrepancies
Rate components
Communications
Training
Rate structure
How emergency enhanced funding needs will be handled