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VESID
Supported Employment Process
Agenda-Meeting with Supported Employment
Stakeholders
June 23, 2003
· Welcome
and Introductions
· Update on Rate Setting Issues
· Update on SE Application and Selection
Issues
· Update on SE Reimbursement System
· Final Questions/Plans for Next Meeting
SED/VESID IMPLEMENTATION PLAN:
FEE-BASED SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM
Supported Employment serves the most
severely disabled individuals who have
strong and long-standing relationships
with providers. The not-for-profit
agencies often provide life-long
supports to the individual well beyond
employment. The emotional ties are
significant for these individuals who,
due to the nature of their level of
disability, do not generally handle
change very well. The family linkages
often reflect aging parents who have
worked for many years to establish a
strong provider (e.g., UCP Capital
District) who they believe can be
trusted to support their loved one even
after they are not longer able to assist
them. SED/VESID is proposing the
following to establish an effective and
competitive supported employment system.
SED/VESID proposes to:
1. Implement a rate-based application
process, which would be effective 7/1/04
for all Supported Employment contracted
services.
2. Utilize rates established by the SED
Rate Setting Unit. The application would
not be rate competitive.
3. Create an automated reimbursement
system, modeled on OMRDD’s SEMP
reimbursement system but utilizing a
contractual arrangement.
Work Plan
1. General Actions-
· Notified providers/RFA applicants of
request to extend current contracts to
6/30/04 and the concurrent plan to shift
to a rate-based system with automated
reimbursement - Feb. 21, 2003 .
· Determined SED resources (IT, rate
development, etc.) needed to support
development of the system. Arranged for
formal involvement of OMRDD – 4/9/03
· Supported Employment Workgroup
established and charged 3/21/03
· Involved stakeholders - 4/16/03 (first
meeting)
2. Establish Electronic Reimbursement
System
· Met with OMRDD staff to identify
similarities/needs-4/9/03
· Workgroup established and charged –
4/9/03
3. Establish a Rate-based System
· Conduct survey of all current SE
providers to determine current direct
service staff costs. Utilize this data
with other agreed on costs to establish
current costs - 4/25/03
· Analyze provider cost data. Determine
the number of regions (to apply rates)
and the rates for each major disability
group – 6/19/03.
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