The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 25-093: Incident Management (IM) Rebalancing Initiative Phase 1 IM Guidance. The purpose of this announcement is to provide updated guidance related to the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) IM Rebalancing Initiative. The guidelines are organized into seven separate topics covering the following:

• Finalizing Incident Reports
• Reducing Duplicative and Multiple Incident Reports
• Clarifying the Definition of Serious Injury
• Clarifying the Definition for Discovery Date
• Managing Events Occurring Prior to Enrollment
• Discontinuing the Use of Optionally Reportable Events (OREs)
• Discontinuing the Use of Illness/Other and Illness/COVID Incident Categories.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 25-081: The Important Role of The Incident Management (IM) Representative Training Now Available on MyODP. The purpose of this announcement is to advise Provider and Supports Coordinator Incident Management Representatives (IM Reps) that a new training is available on MyODP. The training should be considered a prerequisite for future trainings, technical assistance, and skill building opportunities that may be offered through ODP. Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 25-069: Clarification for the 6100 Annual Incident Management (IM) Training Requirements. The purpose of this communication is to announce:

• A direct path to annual training requirements for IM and protective services for Providers and Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs) as outlined in the Chapter 6100 Regulations.
• A new condensed IM training module that meets 6100.143 (c) (4) requirements.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 25-068: Webinar Recordings Now Available: The Basics of Incident Management and the Incident Fidelity Initiative. The purpose of this communication is to announce the availability of the recordings of two webinars providing a general overview of the Basics of Incident Management and the Incident Fidelity Initiative for providers. Both webinar recordings are available on MyODP. Please review the announcement for details on how to access the recordings.

The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) requests your assistance sharing this communication update on ODPANN 24-098: Guidance on Requesting Death Certificates from Families. The purpose of this communication is to provide guidance when requesting death certificates from family members in relation to death incident reports and investigations. Updates are in red.

The purpose of this announcement is to advise providers of the availability of the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) Using the Incident Management (IM) Overview Dashboard to Assess Performance Based Contracting (PBC) Measures RM-IM.01.2, .01.3, and .01.4 guide on MyODP.

Please review the announcement for information on the guide and how to access it.

Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) and Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP) providers are invited to sign up for a scheduled one-on-one VOH session to discuss IM topics with the Office of Developmental Programs’ Bureau of Services for Autism and Special Populations (ODP-BSASP).

Providers may sign up for one 30-minute session and multiple staff from the provider may join at the provider’s discretion.