Introductions

 

I.                    DD Coordinator report-Sandra Butts

A.     New Staff update: Case Managers

More meet and greet opportunities to orientate them.

B.     Outcome Session.  Vliet St to continue system focus for service outcome measures.  One primary outcome for workday/day programming.  Not yet focusing on Consumer outcome.  Trying to standardize these systems.  Children's have been pretty much set for birth -3.

1.  Fear of different programs being compared due to different population.  Hope to be compared to ourselves and our own baseline.

C.     Relocation:  Planning sessions.  St. Kaletas/Bethesda and state centers.  More info next month.  Trying to narrow it to number of individual.   Guardians are reluctant, challenged to display that community settings are safe.  We need to revisit this again.

1.      ARC WI may be resource

2.      video

D.     DD Counsel interested in supportive employment initiative:  Required to do data collection for 2006.  Discussion at next meeting on how to expand and support it.

E.      RFP- for respite home next week.  Newspaper announcement for mental/behavioral health crisis.

1.      Hole for system with getting signature of guardians, statement of noncommunicable, and health release form doctor in a timely manner to meet state requirements.

II.                 General Issues: All

A   TAPPER report- Republican event to control spending.  Contact your state Rep to express concerns of spending.

      1.  Caps being placed on $

B.   No meeting August 2006 for MADDSA

C.  EasterSeals/Kindcare:  Handout of trainings and events

D.  Medicaid Electronic software handout was left for those interested or in need of.  DHF website if need more info on their recent requirement to utilize the electronic system.

E.   Fall prevention handout was left

F.   Tues April 25 Waukesha Public hearing in front of Health and Family Services board at Waukesha County Expo  7pm

G.  Question raised for Rewards/recognition Committee from past?  Are we doing this?

      1.  with conjunction with Exc.  Breakfast:  Award categories can be resent out-Perry will follow up and send out

      III.       Brief Reports

A.     Treasurer's report:  Tom Nowak

1.      $2188.54 balance-get dues in for 2006

2.      updated list of dues needed

3.      allotted $ to Independence First for Dental Survey

B.     Training Initiative_ Mary Schinkowitz

1.      June 14 MCFI Bob Eisenbower : Medical Issues

2.      Exec Breakfast to Sept:  trying to tie down speakers

C.     SE WI Training Group: Martha DeGraw

1.      Aging and Developmental Disabilities: Repeat  May 9 Waukesha state office building  Caroline Lean  262-521-5088

2.      Resource fair for caregivers in summer late August

3.      Aug 25 Dual Diagnosis-Jeffery Marcus  2 sessions  Goodwill North/Bethesda  $15

4.      Health Day- Elkhorn late Oct/Nov

5.      June 1 next meeting 2pm Ives Grove

D.     Transition Committee:  Hope Lloyd

1.      2d Tues of every month for meeting  UCP 1-2:30pm  (MCTAB)

2.      Need funds for conference in Oct for Families.  Unsure of size.  St.  Joes outpatient $150  Trying a Sat to get more parents

3.      Hope #  329-4500

E.      Transit Committee:  Cheri Bruch

1.      Updated T-19 providers hard to tie down to details at this time.  Will attempt to make questions smaller in hopes that more calls would be returned.

2.        Transit meeting repeatedly rescheduled with Geri Lyday latest update 4/19/06

a.       Geri did state that the county is trying to get a list of T-19 providers to become a centralized list for medical needs.

b.      Cheri will contact Shirin from the state to see how they are progressing on that for next meeting.

F.      Health Disparities: Martha DeGraw

III.               Managed Care" What's Happening"-Shirin Cabraal

Attorney with Disability Rights for WI

Pro/Cons of SSI managed Care-External managed project

Problems                                                    Strengths

Expanding to Waukesha, Racine,                Advocate 15 yrs hired for resource

Kenosha                                                     center-Julie Dixon*Syidel and Tracy

                                                                  Reed PT advocate take problem calls

                                                                  To get direction on items needed

 

High rate of auto enrollment                        Same as voluntary program with an

Automated Broker system: Help to choose HMO or it is automatically assigned

 

Within Milw a lot of providers are on HMO list

 

            Family Care Home page is a great resource.

            Family Care:  Administrative Code is essential MCO system HFS 10 Contact

Gov Doyle

 

Problems                                                          Strengths

Little $ for advocacy calls.  Liz Ford                 Voluntary program in a sense.  Put in

Is this advocate and Shirin                                 for 2 months then can opt out or you are locked out

 

Capitation rate concerns must be                       State law requires resource center is

Negotiated thoroughly.                                      Separate of HMO and is there for help

 

Application process complicated                      

Causing eligibility issues.

 

Financial and functional screen sent to

County ESS unit DOA lots of Problems

with transport of info do it certified mail

 

Services Denied: Make a case on why a

Service is needed.

 

DD pop try to move people from Independent

To more restrictive environment.  Need to

Appeal it

 

Medicare Part D -Low-income subsidy program

Problems                                                          Strengths

System has not caught up                                  Pharmacy can bill T-19

 

Shirin to return may 11, 2006 for next MADDSA meeting