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Can you have 1 HBFP family and also bill HBFCC for a different family on the same day the per diem is billed? |
If you are asking if you have a staff person that delivers both IFPS/IFRS (The homebuilder's model.) and Home Based Family Centered Casework Services can be you bill for a daily rate for one family in the IFPS/IFRS program and another family on a face to face rate under HBFCCS. The answer is yes. What the provider has to be careful of is that they still must keep the staffing standards in check for both programs. |
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Is the per diem billed for every day even if there is no face-to-face contact for that day for HBFP/HBFR? |
Yes |
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For the Family Centered Services Standards it mentions $500 concrete services and in the IFP Intensive stage it mentions $500 of concrete services. Wanting to make sure the family who needs $500 in intensive and then $500 more in case management could truly use $1000. For the reunification, could a family theoretically use $500 in case management as part of the preparation for reunification, $500 in the intensive part of reunification and another $500 in the case management after intensive for a total of 1500? Is the $500 cap for “Concrete Funds” that appears for services such as Home Based Family-Centered Casework a lifetime cap for a family receiving these services (regardless of their service provider); or is it a cap just for that family receiving services from that particular provider; or is it a cap that lasts just for that family, at that provider, for the duration of the contract, or what? |
The intent of the provision of concrete services is to afford the family the opportunity for use of funds that will support efforts to accomplish the outcomes specified in the service standard, for example, will eliminate a problem that could lead to removal of the child from the home. If there is a situation wherein use of concrete funds will help accomplish the goal as specified in the service standard, there must be written approval from DCS, and documentation of the need for the funds as well as the way the funds were spent and recorded in the agency files. It is feasible that a family will have a relevant need for concrete funds while receiving services under separate service standards, but care should be taken to make sure that expense is justified, documented and approved by the referring DCS. |
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Homebased Family Centered Casework – In #12 under service description it says that "attendance at family team meetings will not be a separate payment point" while the billable unit description includes child and family team meetings. Could you clarify this? |
Child and Family Team meetings are billable under the face-to-face billable unit as long as long as the family/client is present. |