Leadership Team Notes

September 15, 2010

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LEADERSHIP TEAM NOTES

September 15, 2010

Attendees:

Leadership Team Notes

September 15, 2010

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Joseph Hubbard

Jocelyn Hamilton

Carol Webster

Karen Louis

Sherri Diven

Jennifer Kirkland

Leadership Team Notes

September 15, 2010

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Jennifer Kirkland:

UniCare Update

  • Distributed updated task list reflecting new expected dates of completion and timelines. The “Go Live” date continues to be July 1, 2011.
  • Waiting for dates to scheduling dates for Claim Remedi and Lexacom demos.
  • The Centralized Intake Committee met last week. The Committee discussed each program’s process for screening and admission. They also discussed briefly some ideas for the next meeting, i.e., what can be centralized, pros, cons, concerns, why it will or will not work, etc. The next meeting is scheduled for October 7, 2010. Joe challenged the committee to view centralization from the standpoint of how we can make it work if there are no other options.
  • We are not yet ready to utilize eSkills. Jennifer and Cliff are working on customizing questions for testing purposes. We have the program and the link is available, we just have to customize the test to meet our needs.
  • Jennifer provided a list of purchased software as requested during the previous LT meeting. She noted that only one purchase was related to UniCare.
  • Sherri mentioned the KIT prevention information that Prevention keys into a separate database. She stated that Joe had agreed that we could keep Prevention exempt from UniCare as they have their own database (KIT). Jennifer will make sure that Monique and Naomi are aware of this.
  • Carol stated that another impending process is the IDOLS (Intellectual Disability Online System) preauthorization service for the Medicaid Waiver program. IDOLS is supposed to be compatible with the new software systems (i.e., UniCare). She also mentioned there an IDOLS training session scheduled for September 30th. She will look up the information on the session and provide it to Sherri and Jennifer.

Joe Hubbard:

  • Reviewed a request from VACSB for information regarding the providers with whom we have relationships. VACSB has proposed to become the managed care entity, contracting with private and public providers. Joe stated that he has access to all the requested information with one exception: a list of all Children’s Services providers with which we have a good working relationship. Sherri will provide that list by the end of September. The deadline for responding to VACSB’s request is October 7, 2010.
  • Discussed CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) training courses that are being offered throughout Virginia. Access to these courses are limited. There were 6 slots open for New RiverValley and we were able to fill those slots with representatives from Hopewell, Prince George, Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Emporia.
  • Next week the Leadership Team will develop an agenda for the All Staff meeting in November. LT members should present suggested agenda items at next week’s meeting.

Jocelyn Hamilton:

  • Ginny Travis is requesting 30 to 45 minutes during the November All Staff to give a basic overview of basic Medicaid information.

Carol Webster:

  • During the CQR meeting the desk audit and anticipated response was introduced. We will wait for the official response from the audit before making any decisions on any changes that need to be made to bring us into compliance; however the members of CQR were open to change. Any changes will affect medical and clinic-option(mental health and substance abuse outpatient therapy) services. A good place to start would be a template or sample of a medical plan.

Karen Louis:

  • We have 27 applicants for the Certified Pharmacy Technician vacancy. We hope to have someone in that position soon.

Sherri Diven:

  • Distributed information regarding a new substance. K2/Spice products are a mixture of herbal/spice plant products sprayed with potent psychotropic drugs, often contaminated with unidentified toxic substances which contribute to various adverse health effects. It can be purchased legally and is becoming popular among kids and adults.

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