Duane Mayes
Director

SDS Newsletter -April 2013

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Headlines

• 5/13 Personal Care Attendant Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid
  
• 4/29 Congratulations to the 5 Award Winners of the 2013 Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers Outstanding Direct Service Professionals of the Year Awards! Read more.

• 4/10 SDS was recently approved as educators/providers of Social Work CEUs per the AK Social Work Board of Examiners. Successful completion of SDS’ Basic Care Coordination face-to-face training will now garner 17 contact hours for those needing continuing education as part of their occupational license. Contact the training team for more information on this and all trainings: Kara.Thrasher-Livingston@alaska.gov.
  
  
• 2/13 Anchorage personal care attendants indicted for fraudulently billing Medicaid
  
  
• 1/17 Community gathering and public testimony will be held on Wednesday, January 23 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Centennial Hall Convention Center in Juneau. Hosted by The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education. Let your voice be heard!
  
  
• 11/21 Adult Protective Services awarded $1 million grant to test case management model
  
  
• 11/1 HCBS Strategies report: Proposed Plan for Implementing Community First Choice in Alaska.
  
  
• 9/12 Gov. Parnell has declared proclamation for Senior Fall Prevention Week
  
  
• 9/1 Gov. Parnell has declared September Vulnerable Adult Awareness Month
  

• 8/27 Vulnerable among us need your help
  Adult Protective Services manager Brenda Mahlatini asks Alaskans to watch out for their vulnerable neighbors with a Compass piece in the Anchorage Daily News.
  

• 8/27 YouSendIt Encryption Email Service is no longer in use by SDS. Go here for more information regarding the new Direct Secure Messaging (DSM) service.
  
  
• 3/26 Governor Sean Parnell Welcomes Passage of Senate Bill 86 Protecting Vulnerable Adults
  
  
• 3/8 State Settles Baker Lawsuit
  The Baker v. DHSS lawsuit (3AN-06-10871 CI) dealing with PCA recipient terminations and service reductions was settled on February 27, 2012.Here is the signed order and decision. The decision includes PCA reduction and termination notices in the exhibits. The effective date of the order is for assessments that were conducted on or after January 1, 2012. Assessments conducted before January 1, 2012 that would result in a reduction in PCA services will result in continued benefits as usual until the client’s next assessment.
  
  
• 1/26 Complex Behavior Collaborative starting up
  The Division of Behavioral Health is starting a pilot project to improve services to clients with complex and challenging behaviors and complicating medical issues. For more information, visit http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/tr/complexbehavior.htm
  
  
• 1/13 Alaska Community First Choice Council (CFCC). For more information about a new program allowed under the authority of federal legislation (Affordable Care Act), visit here.
  
  
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