To be eligible to participate in the Medicaid program as an approved provider of home- and community-based habilitation services, a provider shall meet the general requirements in subrules 77.25(2), 77.25(3), 77.25(4), and 77.25(5) and shall meet the requirements in the subrules applicable to the individual services being provided.
"Certified employment specialist" or "CES" means a person who has demonstrated a sufficient level of knowledge and skill to provide integrated employment support services to a variety of client populations and has earned a CES certification through a nationally recognized accrediting body.
"Guardian" means a guardian appointed in probate or juvenile court.
"Individual placement and support" or "IPS" means the evidence-based practice of supported employment that is guided by IPS practice principles outlined by the IPS Employment Center at Westat, and as measured by its most recently published 25-item supported employment fidelity scale available online at ipsworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ips-fidelity-manual-3rd-edition_2-4-16.pdf. The IPS practice principles are:
"Intensive residential service homes" or "intensive residential services" means intensive, community-based services provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year to individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness who have functional impairments and may also have multi-occurring conditions. Providers of intensive residential service homes are enrolled with Medicaid as providers of HCBS habilitation or HCBS intellectual disability waiver supported community living and meet additional criteria specified in 441-subrule 25.6(8).
"IPS 25-item supported employment fidelity scale" means the fidelity scale published by the IPS Employment Center at Westat, resulting in scores of exemplary fidelity, good fidelity, fair fidelity, or not supported employment.
"IPS implementation" means the process advocated by the IPS Employment Center at Westat, which consists of the following phases:
* Two-and-a-half-day individual team training with the IPS trainer and team members.
* Virtual training by the IPS Employment Center at Westat for at least three people per team.
* Leadership training for two people per team at the IPS Employment Center at Westat.
* Virtual monthly technical assistance for two hours per month per team.
* Participation in the International Learning Collaborative annual conference by two people per state.
* Virtual monthly technical assistance calls with the IPS Employment Center at Westat mentor assigned to the team.
* Participation in the prescribed data tracking and management activities.
"IPS reviewer" means a person who is qualified to complete fidelity reviews of IPS services and is one of the following:
"IPS team" means, at a minimum, an IPS employment specialist, a behavioral health specialist, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) counselor, and a case manager or care coordinator.
"IPS trainer" means a person who is qualified to provide training and technical assistance for IPS implementation and is one of the following:
"Major incident" means an occurrence involving a member during service provision that:
"Managed care organization" means an entity that (1) is under contract with the department to provide services to Medicaid recipients and (2) meets the definition of "health maintenance organization" as defined in Iowa Code section 514B.1.
"Member" means a person who has been determined to be eligible for Medicaid under 441-Chapter 75.
"Minor incident" means an occurrence involving a member during service provision that is not a major incident and that:
"Prospective IPS team" means a group that is forming an IPS team to deliver IPS services but who has not yet completed implementation phase 4a.
"Provider-owned or controlled setting" means a setting where the HCBS provider owns the property where the member resides, leases the property from a third party, or has a direct or indirect financial relationship with the property owner that impacts either the care provided to or the financial conditions applicable to the member. The unit or dwelling is a specific physical space that can be owned, rented, or occupied under a legally enforceable agreement by the member receiving services, and the member has, at a minimum, the same responsibilities and protections from eviction that tenants have under the landlord/tenant law of the state, county, city, or other designated entity. For the settings in which landlord tenant laws do not apply, the state must ensure that a lease, residency agreement or other form of written agreement will be in place for each HCBS member and that the document provides protections that address eviction processes and appeals comparable to those provided under the jurisdiction's landlord tenant law.
"Provisionally approved IPS team" means a group that has (1) formed a team to deliver IPS services, (2) completed implementation phase 4a, and (3) begun to deliver IPS services.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 249A.4.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.25