I would like to take this opportunity to thank the OPRA staff, Board of
Trustees, and members for all of the hard work that has gotten us to
this point.  I am very proud to be an OPRA member!

On 08/19/2013 2:11 pm, Jeff Davis wrote:
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> OPRA Leads Way for Waiver Rate Increase for On-Site On-Call and
> Transportation
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> As a result of the OPRA led legislative effort to secure new monies
> for a waiver rate increase, providers in the developmental
> disabilities system will see a fiscal year 2014 rate increase for
> homemaker personal care on-site on-call and transportation. (Pending
> final approval from CMS).
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> Beginning no later than January 1, 2014 the HPC on-site on-call rate
> for both the Individual Options and Level 1 waivers would increase
> from $10.33 to $10.81 (4.65% increase) for agencies and $7.27 to $7.61
> for independent providers.
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> For transportation, mileage transportation rates for IO/L1, agency and
> independents would increase from $0.40 cents per mile to $0.45 for 1:1
> (a 12.5% increase). The same 12.5% increase would also be applied
> where ratios are involved.
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> To implement the desired rate increases no later than January 1, 2014,
> the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) will begin
> work immediately to amend the necessary DODD administrative rules and
> the appropriate IT systems. DODD will also work with the Ohio
> Department of Medicaid on its authorization rule(s) if necessary, and
> submit the required waiver amendments with CMS. Given the mid-year
> implementation, any dollars unspent in FY 14 would be transferred to
> FY 15 and incorporated into our FY 15 rate increase discussions.
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> The Ohio legislature responded to OPRA's call for a waiver rate
> increase by including in the recently passed state budget $5.42
> million new dollars (GRF and FFP) in FY 14 for a waiver rate increase
> and an additional $5.42 million in FY 15 for a total of $10.9 million.
> DODD has indicated a desire to commit $5.42 million in FY 15 for an
> overall total of $16.2 million new dollars specifically for a waiver
> rate increase.
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> DODD recently convened a group of stakeholders to discuss how to
> allocate the initial $5.42 million in FY 14. The above recommendation
> was unanimously supported. Discussions on the additional $10.9 million
> in FY 15 will begin immediately. 
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