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News & Views: August 10, 2007 |
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Monday, 13 August 2007 |
- CONGRESSIONAL RECESS - MEET YOUR REPS AT HOME NOW!
- NEW OMRDD PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR
- CERTAIN MEDICAL SUPPLIES NO LONGER COVERED BY MEDICAID
- TWO_DAY INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR ALBANY
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| NYSACRA News & Views
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| Issue No. 30-07
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August 10, 2007
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NYSACRA Calendar
Executive Positions
Action Center
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Greetings NYSACRA Members!
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| · CONGRESSIONAL RECESS - MEET YOUR REPS AT HOME NOW!
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Congress has begun a month long recess and this is a great time to meet with your Reps at home.
You should request a face-to-face meeting, attend one of their events, or even plan an Agency event and invite your Representative; then get your story out to the press and media, by calling, writing or submitting a letter to the editor.
You can also use the NYSACRA Action Alert to ask them to sign up for HR 1279, the Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2007. In concert with our national partner ANCOR, we are taking part in a national effort to improve the lives of our DSPs and we need your support!! See www.nysacra.org or email version of this News & Views.
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| · NEW OMRDD PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR
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Kara E. Smith has been appointed Director of Public Information for OMRDD, effective Aug. 2, 2007. Ms. Smith has over 16 years of experience most recently with NYSUT and before that with the New York State Senate. She has also worked as an instructor with the Sage Colleges, College of Saint Rose, SUNY New Paltz, and SUNY Albany. "I am very excited about my new position," said Smith. "One of my goals is to let the public know what good things the agency is doing to help families and improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities." NYSACRA welcomes Ms. Smith!
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As of January 1, 2008 all certified ICFs, Supervised IRAs and CRs will be fiscally responsible for the medical gloves, underpads/diapers, and over-the- counter drugs (except insulin) needed by residents. Starting in 2008 such items cannot be purchased using the resident's Medicaid card, but must then be supplied by providers. Providers are also responsible for supplying such items for use at the resident's day program. Please see www.nysacra.org or the email version of this News & Views for a link to the pdf of the OMR letter and it's attachments.
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| · TWO_DAY INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR ALBANY
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Antone Aboud and Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc. will be offering the following investigations courses at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel 1228 Western Avenue in Albany. There is still room in each class. You will find registration materials at the LRA website: http://www.lraconsultants.com.
· Conducting Serious Incident Investigations, September 25-27
· Weighing Evidence and Drawing Conclusions, October 22
· Writing Investigative Reports, October 23
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