Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) January 1, 2015 Increase. Rates for
Eligible Rate Based Programs will be revised to incorporate funding for
compensation increases to direct support professional employees. Such rate
increases will be effective January 1, 2015. The compensation increase funding
will be included in the provider's rate issued for January 1, 2015 or in a
subsequent rate with the inclusion of funding in the amount necessary to
achieve the same funding impact as if the rate had been issued on January 1,
2015. The compensation increase funding will be inclusive of associated fringe
benefits.
(b) April 1, 2015
Increase. In addition to the compensation funding effective January 1, 2015,
providers that operate supervised IRAs, including supervised community
residences, supportive IRAs, including supportive community residences, ICFs/DD
or group day habilitation will receive a compensation increase targeted to
direct support professional and clinical employees to be effective April 1,
2015. The compensation increase funding will be inclusive of associated fringe
benefits. The April 1, 2015 direct support professional compensation funding
will be the same, on an annualized basis, as that which was calculated for the
January 1, 2015 compensation increase and will be an augmentation to the
January 1, 2015 increase.
(c)
Calculations. The basis for the calculation of provider and regional direct
care, support and clinical salary averages and associated fringe benefit
percentages will be the data in providers' July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 or
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011 CFRs.
(1)
The January 1, 2015 and April 1, 2015 Direct Support Professionals compensation
increase funding formula will be as follows:
(i) The annual impact of a two percent
increase to 2010-11 or 2011 salaried direct care, salaried support dollars and
associated fringe benefits will be calculated.
(ii) The annual impact of the two percent
increase for salaried direct care dollars, salaried support dollars and
associated fringe will be added to the appropriate operating components in the
rate methodology. This will result in a recalculation of provider and regional
average direct care wages, provider and regional average employee-related
components, provider and regional average program support components, and
provider and regional average direct care hourly rates.
(iii) The provider direct care hourly rate -
adjusted for a wage equalization factor will be recalculated to utilize the
provider average direct care hourly rate and regional average direct care
hourly rate (as calculated in (ii) above).
(iv) An identification will be made of the
dollar difference between the provider direct care hourly rate - adjusted for a
wage equalization factor, which is in the rate in effect on 12/31/2014, and the
provider direct care hourly rate- adjusted for a wage equalization factor, as
calculated in (iii) above.
(v) The
rate difference identified in (iv) above will be multiplied by the calculated
direct care hours in the rate in effect on 12/31/2014 to calculate the
additional funding generated by the direct care compensation adjustment.
(vi) The rate add-on for the
compensation increase shall be determined by dividing the additional funding,
as calculated in (v) above by the rate sheet units in effect on January 1,
2015.
(2) The April 1,
2015 Clinical compensation increase funding formula will be as follows:
(i) The annual impact of a two percent
increase to 2010-11 or 2011 salaried clinical dollars and associated fringe
benefits will be calculated.
(ii)
The annual impact of the two percent increase for salaried clinical dollars and
associated fringe will be added to the appropriate operating components in the
rate methodology. This will result in a recalculation of provider and regional
average employee-related compo- nents, and provider and regional average
clinical hourly wages.
(iii) The
provider clinical hourly wage - adjusted for a wage equalization factor will be
recalculated to utilize the provider average clinical hourly wage and the
regional average clinical hourly wage (as calculated in (ii) above).
(iv) An identification will be made of the
dollar difference between the provider clinical hourly wage - adjusted for a
wage equalization fac- tor, which is in the rate in effect on 12/31/2014, and
the provider clinical hourly wage- adjusted for a wage equalization factor, as
calculated in (iii) above.
(v) The
rate difference identified in (iv) above will be multiplied by the provider
salaried clinical hours in the rate in effect on 12/31/2014 to calculate the
additional funding generated by the clinical compensation adjustment.
(vi) The rate add on for the
compensation increase shall be determined by dividing the additional funding,
as calculated in (v) above by the rate sheet units in effect on January 1,
2015.
(3) Rates for
individuals identified by OPWDD as qualifying for specialized template
populations funding shall be adjusted as follows:
(i) January 1, 2015 Increase. The fees for
specialized template populations funding will be revised to incorporate funding
for compensation increases to direct support professional employees. Such fee
increases will be effective January 1, 2015. The compensation increase funding
will be included in the provider's fee issued for January 1, 2015 or in a
subsequent fee with the inclusion of funding in the amount necessary to achieve
the same funding impact as if the fee had been issued on January 1, 2015. The
compensation increase funding will be inclusive of associated fringe
benefits.
(ii) April 1, 2015
Increase. In addition to compensation funding effective January 1, 2015, the
fees for specialized template population funding will revised to incorporate
funding for a compensation increase to direct support professional and clinical
employees to be effective April 1, 2015. The April 1, 2015 direct support
compensation funding will be the same, on an annualized basis, as that which
was calculated for the January 1, 2015 compensation increase and will be an
augmentation to the January 1, 2015 increase.
(iii) Calculations.
(a) The portion of the fee that is identified
as direct care and sup- port will be increased by 2% and multiplied by the fee
sheet fringe benefit percentage to calculate the additional direct support
compensation increases for January first, two thousand fifteen and April first,
two thousand fifteen.
(b) The
portion of the fee that is identified as clinical will be increased by 2% and
multiplied by the fee sheet fringe benefit percentage to calculate the
additional clinical compensation increase for April first, two thousand
fifteen.
