Jeff Blankenheim

Budget and Policy Analyst-Advanced

1 p.m.–2 p.m.

7/30/15Protecting and promoting the health and safety of the people of Wisconsin

Children’s Long-Term Support (CLTS)

Waivers ProgramFiscal Updates

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• Calendar Year (CY) 2014 CLTS Reconciliation summary

• CLTS Capacity Building updates• CY 2014 and 2015 Short-Term Special Funding• CLTS Fiscal Process Improvement Work Group• CY 2016 CLTS Support and Service Coordination

(SSC) Rates

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Teleconference Agenda

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CY 2014 CLTS Reconciliation is completed in the Community Aids Reporting System (CARS).

• Information updated in CARS on voucher id: 090521.

• Earliest completion since the implementation of the Third Party Administrator (TPA).

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CY 2014 CLTS Reconciliation

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Recoupments from providers for Expenditures Not Authorized for Waiver Funding (ENAWF) are still in process.

• CLTS-Other ENAWF claims are recovered through the County Waiver Agency (CWA) Cash Back CARS Profile.

• CLTS-Autism ENAWF are recovered directly from the provider through the TPA.

• Reference CLTS Fiscal Memo 2015-01 for more details.

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CY 2014 CLTS Reconciliation

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• Currently, no new Capacity Building requests are being approved.

• No plans to allocate Capacity Building funding during CY 2016.

• Existing and approved Capacity Building funding allocations may still be utilized under the terms of their approval notification, but only during CY 2015.

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CLTS Capacity Building

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• Several CY 2014 and CY 2015 CLTS contract allocations include short-term CLTS funding.

• Short-term funding will not be incorporated into the CY 2016 CLTS contract allocations.

• Consult your agency’s CY 2014 CLTS Contract Increase Notification for more details.

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Short-Term Special Funding

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• The CLTS Fiscal Process Improvement Group will host a teleconference August 13, 2015, at 1 p.m.

• The August meeting will focus on CY14 CLTS reconciliation feedback and Support and Service Coordination (SSC) rate processes.

• Please contact the CLTS fiscal mailbox (DHSCLTSFiscal@dhs.wisconsin.gov) before close of business August 6, 2015, if you wish to participate in the work group.

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CLTS Fiscal Process Improvement Group

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• CY 2016 CLTS and Community Options Program (COP) SSC rate forms will be due mid-October 2015.

• A teleconference providing guidance on the CY 2016 SSC rates will be tentatively held late September 2015.

• The current goal is to have all SSC rates approved prior to January 1, 2016.

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CY 2016 (SSC) Rates

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Please submit questions or comments to the

Adobe Connect Q&A Section

or

Ask questions through the conference call line

when prompted by staff.

Division of Long Term Care CLTS fiscal

staff can be reached at:

dhscltsfiscal@wisconsin.gov

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Questions and Answers

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