Krista:  We bill Medicaid for everything possible, including "supportive

counseling" for

Applications, visits to DET, and employer interviews whenever possible.

I only ask that

notes be made "non-billable" when there are follow-up calls that are

ONLY vocational in

nature or educational contacts that are ONLY about course opportunities

and such.  Of course, none of these charts have gone through a State

Medicaid audit yet!  Who knows today

What will be acceptable tomorrow?   Carolyn



-----Original Message-----

From: Jump on Board for Success [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of

Krista LaFemina

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:42 PM

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Subject: JOBS retreat follow-up





Hi Everyone,



Scott and I were talking on our way home on Friday about some of the

discussions we had around medicaid billing, vocational services etc.

One thing that we talked about is that when we work with a client, we

often work hard to find ways to make vocational services fit into our

regular goals (i.e. - if we have a client who is agorphobic, and we take

them to look for jobs or an interview, we will bill for that time

stating that we were providing support to them in the community and

working on coping skills.)  As a result of billing this way, sometimes

our vocational services are not being accurately reflected in our

numbers, because we billed Medicaid.  Do other programs do this as well?

If so then the database information is not really reflective of the work

we do and therefore we may in fact be providing 50% employment services,

but our numbers don't show that.



Krista LaFemina

Rutland JOBS



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