Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The HSP Ashburn Unit shall monitor the
case management agency to assure compliance with this Subpart by:
1) reviewing and approving the assessment
(Section 686.910(c)).
The review will be conducted pursuant to the DHS' Home Services Program (89
Ill. Adm. Code 682), the service plan, and payments for services;
2) reviewing provisional case managers as set
forth in subsection (d);
3)
reviewing, on an annual basis, a random sample 10% of the cases handled in the
preceding 12 months or two cases, whichever is greater;
4) visiting, at least annually, all
contracting case management agencies.
b) The HSP Ashburn Unit shall monitor the
service plans of customers served by a case manager to ensure that:
1) The case manager is monitoring the
customer's case at least monthly by carrying out at least one face-to-face
visit and two other contacts with the customer;
2) The case manager is reassessing the
service plan at least every 12 months for those cases in formal eligibility and
every three months for those cases which have been presumptively determined
eligible;
3) Each of the
reassessments undertaken by the case manager is complete and
accurate;
4) Any amendments to the
service plan are consistent with the findings of the reassessment;
and
5) The service plan remains
cost effective (i.e., the cost of the service plan is equal to or less than the
long term care costs).
c) DHS-DRS, Central Office quality assurance
staff shall:
1) monitor the quality of the
reviews conducted annually;
2)
provide case reviews of selected cases Statewide; and
3) tabulate the findings from all reviews to
determine accuracy levels, Statewide need for training and individual training
needs.
d) All
provisional case managers and case management supervisors will work toward
meeting the case manager standards within six months after receiving the HSP
Ashburn Unit's Case Management Training. Case managers and case management
supervisors with a gap in service of greater than one year must complete the
certification process. Complete case manager status will be granted when six
case file reviews attain a competency score of 98-100% using the review process
described in this subsection (d).
1) The HSP
Ashburn Unit will review at least six case files within six months after the
date of the provisional case manager's completion of the Case Management
Training for the case manager. A combination of the following case types and
amounts may be used to satisfy the requirement:
A) six fee-for-service initial
assessments;
B) three
fee-for-service initial assessments and three fee-for service reassessments;
or
C) two fee-for-service initial
assessments, two fee-for-service reassessments, and four Managed Care
Organization (MCO) assessments of any type.
2) The HSP Ashburn Unit will review each case
file using the HSP Ashburn Unit case file review quality assurance
form.
3) The HSP Ashburn Unit will
discuss areas of deficiency with the case manager.
4) The HSP Ashburn Unit will work with the
case manager to resolve all deficiencies in the case files.
5) The case manager will correct and complete
all deficient areas prior to the next review of case files.
6) The HSP Ashburn Unit will re-review all
deficient files for compliance with case management practices.
7) The above process will continue, within
the six-month review period, until the cases reviewed for the case manager meet
a 98-100% compliance score.
e) Return to Provisional Status
1) A case manager shall return to provisional
status when any of the following events occur:
A) A review of files, per this Section,
results in a score of 89% or less; or
B) Within the last year, the HSP Ashburn Unit
has made five requests for materials that were not submitted on time or for
assessments not completed timely; or
C) Sufficient documentation is not available
to demonstrate that the case manager has successfully completed case management
training.
2) Prior to
the initiation of action to return a case manager to provisional status, the
case management agency of the case manager will be sent a letter outlining the
issues. The case management agency will have 10 days to respond. The case
manager will return to provisional status unless the case management agency can
prove the event causing the action did not occur. Once a case manager is
returned to provisional status, the case manager must complete the measures
outlined in subsection (d).
f) Liability
1) DHS shall assume no liability for actions
of the case management agency.
2)
The case management agency shall agree to hold DHS harmless against any and all
liability, loss, damage, cost or expenses arising from wrongful or negligent
acts of the provider.
3) The case
management agency shall certify that it has maintained and will maintain
liability insurance coverage. Upon request, the provider shall make available
policies, certificates of insurance or current letters documenting all
insurance coverage.
4) The case
management agency shall remain liable for the performance of any person,
organization, unincorporated association or corporation with which it
contracts.