The Office of Developmental Programs requests your assistance sharing ODPANN 24-111:Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Provider Information Table and accompanying attachment. The purpose of this communication is to announce to all stakeholders that the most recent version of the AAW Provider Information Table is now published.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 24-102: Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Specialized Skill Development (SSD) Behavioral Specialist Service (BSS) Updates. This communication announces the resolution of a previous SSD: BSS billing issue and the release of new SSD: BSS Procedure Codes effective 11/01/2024.

Please review the announcement for further information and detail.

Please find linked below, the most recent version of the Adult Autism Waiver’s (AAW) Supports & Services Directory (SSD) for October 2024:

Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Supports and Services Directory (SSD) October 2024.

The Office of Developmental Programs requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 24-097 Now Available-Amendments to the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The purpose of this announcement is to inform all interested parties that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved amendments to the AAW, effective January 1, 2025. The updated waiver is available on the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) website.  

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 24-095: Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) Provider Information Table. The purpose of this announcement is to communicate to all stakeholders that the most recent version of the AAW Provider Information Table has been published.

Please find linked below the most recent version of the Adult Autism Waiver’s (AAW) Supports & Services Directory (SSD) for August 2024:

Adult Autism Programs General Information – MyODP.

The purpose of this announcement is to inform stakeholders of corrections to rates for select services provided through the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Consolidated, Community Living, Person/Family Directed Support, and Adult Autism Waivers and base-funding that were published as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

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The purpose of this announcement is to inform stakeholders that rates for services rendered through the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) have been published as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

NOTE: The Community Participation Support rates published on August 30, 2024 in the August 31, 2024 Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the Department of Human Services website are incorrect. The 8% inflationary adjustment factor was not added to the most current rates for Community Participation Support services. On September 3, 2024, ODP will publish the correct rates through an ODP announcement and update the rate tables on the DHS website. A notice with the correct Community Participation Support rates will also be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin as soon as possible.

Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) and Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP) providers are invited to sign up for a scheduled one-on-one VOH session to discuss IM topics with the Office of Developmental Programs’ Bureau of Services for Autism and Special Populations (ODP-BSASP).

Providers may sign up for one 30-minute session and multiple staff from the provider may join at the provider’s discretion.

The purpose of this communication is to provide guidance for implementing changes to Assistive Technology and Remote Supports in the amendments to the Consolidated, Community Living, Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) and Adult Autism Waivers. Please note: this communication is being reissued with an update to Attachment B only. The other attachments are being included for reference.

Please review the announcement here.

• Attachment A - Guidance to Enter Remote Supports Services on Plan in HCSIS
• Attachment B - Guidance to Enter Remote Supports Services on ISP in HCSIS for AAW Participants
• Attachment C - Remote Supports Device or Assistive Technology Device Decision Tree

The purpose of this announcement is to inform stakeholders that the PBC 1915(b)4 Waiver and 1915(c) Waiver amendments have been submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Please review the announcement and attachments for additional information and details.

The purpose of this communication is to inform all interested parties of the submission of a proposed amendment to the AAW to CMS.

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