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ODPANN 25-040 Clarification on Monitoring of Chapter 2380 and 2390 Regulations for Individuals Who Reside in ICF/ID Settings

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 25-040 Clarification on Monitoring of Chapter 2380 and 2390 Regulations for Individuals Who Reside in ICF/ID Settings. The purpose of this communication is to clarify which regulatory requirements in Chapters 2380 and 2390 will and will not be monitored during licensing inspections when applied to individuals who reside in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) settings and attend facility-based day services. This announcement replaces Info Packet 136-11 issued in 2011.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

Data Request to All Intermediate Care Facilities

The Office of Developmental Programs is assisting the Pennsylvania Department of Health in gathering data which will be used for a collaborative high-priority initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of a Quality Investment Pilot program.  To do so, we are requesting your assistance to provide the following data for each of your ICF locations:
  1. Provider Name:
  2. Location (ICF Site Name):
  3. Number of people residing at the location as of 11/30/24:
  4. The number of people at the location not covered by Medicaid (i.e., # of Private Pay clients) as of 11/30/24:
  5. The number of DOH citation related to infection control at each location from 2020 to date and the tag number:
  6. Has this site participated with the RISE program?

 

You may supply the data by typing the responses after each question in an email reply, or by attaching a spreadsheet with the following columns completed:

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PA-TRAIN Webinars for LTCFs

The Bureau of Epidemiology will be hosting two webinars for LTCFs related to respiratory virus prevention and outbreak control available on PA-TRAIN. Act 58 CE credits are available and NHA CE credits are pending.

  • September 4 @ 1 PM: “PA-EPI: LTCF Readiness and Prevention of Respiratory Viruses.” ID: 1120331
  • September 18 @ 1 PM: “PA-EPI: LTCF Respiratory Virus Outbreak Control and Response.” ID: 1121319