Healthcare

Healthcare

These principles describe our desire to make sure people with disabilities have the medical care, medical services, long-term services and supports they need.

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Legislation
#1048.01

Principles: Universal/Integrated Long-Term Services and Supports

Adopted 09/15/2018

BACKGROUND

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) refer to the daily living supports that people with disabilities and older adults need. LTSS includes home and community-based services (HCBS), which are the overwhelming preference of service delivery for the disability community and older adults. Most LTSS is funded through Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. LTSS includes In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers (Waivers), Community Based Adult Services (CBAS), and institutional settings such as nursing facilities.

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Legislation
Dec 12, 2020

DRC Position on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)- Update February 2023

Beginning July 1, 2023, providers must check in and out at the beginning and ending of each shift in real time. Providers will have three ways to check-in: (1) via smartphone using a mobile application, (2) online using the Electronic Services Portal, or (3) through a landline phone using the Telephone Timesheet System. Live-in providers are exempt from this requirement.

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