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April 4, 2019
Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Conducts DSP Wage Increase Study
A recent news article reported, the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office of Research and Education Accountability conducted a survey on Direct Support Professional (DSP) wages.
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April 4, 2019
Rhode Island to Review Funding Model for DD Services
According to a recent news release, Rhode Island Division of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH) has hired NESCSO, the non-profit New England States Consortium Systems Organization, to review the fee-for-service Medicaid funding structure used to reimburse private providers of services for adults with developmental disabilities since 2011.
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April 4, 2019
Delaware Receives Approval from CMS for Health Home Services
Delaware Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) received approval from CMS last month for SPA #18-006 “ACIST Health Home Services”.
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April 4, 2019
California Report on Healthcare and Workers
According to a recent California Health line Publication, “California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed bold steps to ensure more Californians have health coverage, but a new report underscores that his success may depend in part on large-scale investments to expand the state’s health care workforce.”
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February 14, 2019
APSE Blogs on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment
According to a recent APSE Public Policy Update, APSE Welcomed 2019 and the legislative season and the 116th Congress! As per the Update, “It’s been a wild ride so far. Yet while January got off to a rocky start, being in the midst of a historic shutdown of the Federal Government, we ended on a high note with the announcement of the introduction of the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act (HR 873 / S. 260), a bipartisan and bicameral bill which aims to support states to transition away from sheltered employment, the use of 14(c) certificates, and subminimum wage.”