I hadn’t seen any further communication from the department via email that this week’s billing deadline had been extended (past yesterday’s extension) into next week, but below is the text that is posted on the eMBS Application of the DODD portal.  Thought I would pass this along…

 

DEC18C Deadline Extended  eMBS will accept DEC18C billing until 12:00PM noon on Tuesday December 18th. In light of numerous technical difficulties this week, the window to enter waiver and TCM billing into the eMBS application has been extended. All billing submitted December 6th – December 18th (noon) will be processed and assigned to the DEC18-C billing cycle for a payment date of December 28th.

 

Have a great weekend to all.

 

Chris Alexander

Director of Business Operations

Ohio Valley Residential Services

2261 Victory Parkway

Cincinnati, Ohio 45206

513-281-6800 ext. 104

513-487-4777 (direct line)

513-218-6751 (cell)

513-487-4787 (fax)

www.ovrs.org

 

OVRS_logo_CMYK

Balancing Mission, Management, and Resources

 

OVRS Mission Statement:

To enrich the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families by providing individually focused services, safe environments, and opportunities for integration into their communities.
OVRS Value Statement:
To enable persons with developmental disabilities to flourish;  OVRS provides individually focused, compassionate, safe and quality services with the highest ethical standards.
OVRS Vision Statement:
To be flexible in order to grow and adapt to the evolving needs of persons with developmental disabilities.

 

From: opra_members@opra.simplelists.com [mailto:opra_members@opra.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Chris Alexander
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:48 AM
To: Gary Brown <GBrown@bradyware.com>; Anita Allen <AAllen@opra.org>; opra_members@opra.simplelists.com
Subject: RE: Issues with MSS and DRA

 

We had a CPT meeting yesterday get cancelled by Hamilton County DDS because they couldn’t even move an individual back into a CPT site.  These issues are having a significant effect on getting payment authorizations and revisions processed at the county level.

 

But, at least this weekend the departments IT team did get the new Ohio ID Portal login process put in place.  I just wish priority had been given to fixing the MSS/CPT issues.

 

Chris Alexander

Director of Business Operations

Ohio Valley Residential Services

2261 Victory Parkway

Cincinnati, Ohio 45206

513-281-6800 ext. 104

513-487-4777 (direct line)

513-218-6751 (cell)

513-487-4787 (fax)

www.ovrs.org

 

OVRS_logo_CMYK

Balancing Mission, Management, and Resources

 

OVRS Mission Statement:

To enrich the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families by providing individually focused services, safe environments, and opportunities for integration into their communities.
OVRS Value Statement:
To enable persons with developmental disabilities to flourish;  OVRS provides individually focused, compassionate, safe and quality services with the highest ethical standards.
OVRS Vision Statement:
To be flexible in order to grow and adapt to the evolving needs of persons with developmental disabilities.

 

From: Gary Brown [mailto:GBrown@bradyware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 7:57 AM
To: Anita Allen <AAllen@opra.org>; Chris Alexander <chris.alexander@ovrs.org>; opra_members@opra.simplelists.com
Subject: RE: Issues with MSS and DRA

 

Cannot even access CPT sites this morning, times out after 2 minutes of searching by individual name or after clicking on the CPT site itself.

 

Gary R. Brown, CPA, Director

Brady, Ware & Company

 

Direct: 614.384.8411 | Cell: 614.578.2048 | Fax: 614.384.8511

www.bradyware.com

facebook/bradywareCPAs

 

Click Here to Send Files Securely

 

From: opra_members@opra.simplelists.com <opra_members@opra.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Anita Allen
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4:01 PM
To: Chris Alexander <chris.alexander@ovrs.org>; opra_members@opra.simplelists.com
Subject: RE: Issues with MSS and DRA

 

The County Board Association reached out on this this afternoon. County Boards have been experiencing delays as well and have been working with DODD to rectify the problems, however they persist. They wanted us to let you know that this is unfortunately slowing down payment authorizations. We will do what we can on our end to get this resolved.

 

From: opra_members@opra.simplelists.com <opra_members@opra.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of Chris Alexander
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 3:37 PM
To: opra_members@opra.simplelists.com
Subject: Issues with MSS and DRA

 

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing issues with MSS and the DRA that is putting you in that “bah humbug” mood? 

 

Since Friday of last week it has been nearly impossible to access the systems and input actuals in the DRA and generate files.  Up until today, all I would get when logging in were “timeout” error messages on anything I tried to do.  I just spent 20 minutes to input one single DRA site for two weeks of hours.

 

Any pressure that OPRA could put on DODD to once and for all resolve these issues would be greatly appreciated.  The constant “updates” that the department has been performing weekly seems to just be making things worse.  I honestly no longer believe the department recognizes the time burden this is placing on providers who would simply like to be paid for the services they have already delivered.   I have found that if you send an email to itscallcenter@dodd.ohio.gov you only get a generic “auto” response with no follow up if your problem has been corrected.

 

Sorry for my venting, Ebenezer Scrooge will now move onto something else to finish out today…..

 

Chris Alexander

Director of Business Operations

Ohio Valley Residential Services

2261 Victory Parkway

Cincinnati, Ohio 45206

513-281-6800 ext. 104

513-487-4777 (direct line)

513-218-6751 (cell)

513-487-4787 (fax)

www.ovrs.org

 

OVRS_logo_CMYK

Balancing Mission, Management, and Resources

 

OVRS Mission Statement:

To enrich the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families by providing individually focused services, safe environments, and opportunities for integration into their communities.
OVRS Value Statement:
To enable persons with developmental disabilities to flourish;  OVRS provides individually focused, compassionate, safe and quality services with the highest ethical standards.
OVRS Vision Statement:
To be flexible in order to grow and adapt to the evolving needs of persons with developmental disabilities.

 

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