ExclusiveNJ Minimum Wage Increase DDD Updates William England - December 31, 2019 State of NJ Minimum Wage Increases to $11/hr.
ExclusiveQ87.1 Medical Diagnosis Code No Longer Valid DDD Updates William England - December 11, 2019 We have identified that diagnosis code Q87.1 will not be accepted for claims after October 1, 2019.
ExclusiveDDD Quarterly Update Meeting 12/11/2019 DDD Updates William England - December 8, 2019 DDD Quarterly Update Meetings Held On Wednesday, December 11 with Slides Attached
ExclusiveNJ Div. of Disability Services (DDS) - NJ Disability Resources Publication Now Available in Spanish DDD Updates William England - December 8, 2019 NJ Div. of Disability Services (DDS) NJ Disability Resources Publication now available in Spanish.
ExclusiveProposed Readoption of Community Care Waiting List Procedures DDD Updates William England - December 8, 2019 Proposed Readoption of Community Care Waiting List Procedures with Amendments
ExclusiveSocial Security Benefit Increase for 2020 Social Security William England - December 8, 2019 Social Security announces 1.6 percent benefit increase for 2020. See attached documents.
ExclusivePCA Lawsuit Victory for Disability Rights NJ (DRNJ) Disability Rights NJ (DRNJ) William England - December 8, 2019 In an outstanding result, the Appellate Division reversed a Medicaid reduction in Personal Care Assistance from 24 to 15 hours a day for a client who has quadriplegia.
ExclusiveDDD Updates PPL William England - December 8, 2019 From: DDD.Communications@dhs.state.nj.us <DDD.Communications@dhs.state.nj.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 12:37 PM To: DDD.Communications@dhs.state.nj.us Subject: Division Update Vendor Billing Through Public Partnerships: Changes and Guidance The Division’s transition to a Fiscal/Employer Agent (F/EA) model of self-directed services, with Public Partnerships serving as the fiscal intermediary, introduced individuals, families and community vendors to an new billing process for vendor services. Together, the Division and Public Partnerships have identified areas of the billing process in need of improvement. Written guidance has been developed to notify individuals/families and vendors about a newly-developed Request for Payment form, as well as billing process requirements already in place but perhaps not clearly understood.
ExclusiveWhat is a Support Coordination Agency? Support Coordination Alex Pommier - November 19, 2019 A support coordination agency fills a significant role in the life of an individual with a disability, and for that person’s family as well. But what exactly is it? What does an agency do? The team at Disability Services & Advocacy, LLC, has put together this and future blog post s to answer those questions so that interested parties can make the right decisions for them based upon the information
ExclusiveWelcome to the Disability Services and Advocacy, LLC News Blog Support Coordination Alex Pommier - November 19, 2019 Hello and welcome to the blog for Disability Services & Advocacy, LLC. (DS&A). We are a support coordination agency in New Jersey that is dedicated to empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We work together with the individual and their family as a team. Our focus is to improve the lives of people with disabilities by assisting them in navigating the social service system and securing services through the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) and other agencies that support people with disabilities. Our internal team brings together a DS&A Support Coordinator (SC), SC Manager and Supervisor to support every participant and their family. This also includes working as a team with the individual’s circle of support and the organizations that support them.