APD iConnect System Enhancements and Updates Archive

July 2020

July 30 Updates
WSCs & APD Staff

Services that typically only occur once a year, such as assessments, can now be included in the Cost Plan without complication.
A correction was made so that Special Medical Home Care planned services can be included in the Cost Plan without complication.
When transitioning services from the Medicaid State Plan to the waiver due to aging out, WSCs can establish planned services prior to a consumer’s 21st birthday when the begin date of the service is on or after the 21st birthday.

WSCs

The Person-Centered Support Plan printable output was changed to pull WSCs' email addresses from worker records and pull legal status from consumer demographics.
An issue with the medication name display on the Person-Centered Support Plan has been corrected.
The Person-Centered Support Plan printable output was changed to print medications from the form instead of the medications tab.

July 23 Updates
WSCs & APD Staff

A correction was made to a provider rate type for CDC+ Providers so that CDC+ plans will not encounter an issue passing validation.
The comment field on Plan Details was changed to read-only for all groups. Users will add updates on pending plan reviews in Cost Plan Review Notes.
Unnecessary fields were removed in the Additional Information section of Consumer Demographics.
An enhancement was made that adds new values to SAN status and a new note subtype to streamline the SAN review process.

WSCs

An issue with missing procedure codes for Residential Habilitation – ALF day and month was resolved.
An issue with missing demographic data on CDC+ Consumers' AIM has been resolved.
When a Consumer is disenrolled from CDC+, the WSC will receive a new tickler and is directed to a new Plan Details page to create an APD Waiver plan.
The "Save and Duplicate” menu option on the consumer medication screen has been removed.

July 16 Updates
WSCs & APD Staff

A correction was made to a plan validation rule that prevents an issue with transportation when there is more than one provider.
“Terminated” was removed from planned services status lookup options to prevent accidental cancellations or rejections in FMMIS.
An update was made to change "Number of Days extended" to read "Period of Time Needed" on a temporary SAN.
An update was made that removes the ability for WSCs to add or duplicate a plan without a Work Flow Wizard, reducing the risk of having planned services not correctly linked to the consumer budget.

WSCs and Providers

An update was made that prevents WSCs and providers from submitting claims in APD iConnect before this feature is launched.

WSCs

A fix was implemented that allows the Plan Validation report to be viewable by WSCs.

July 9 Updates
WSCs & APD Staff

The begin date on the planned services screen was made read-only after a prior authorization number is assigned to prevent a FMMIS rejection error. If it has to be changed, the WSC should contact their Regional Liaison.
An enhancement was made that allows a WSC agency to add a supervisor to existing worker records.
Changes were made to the cost field on the WSC SAN service record to correct a validation error.
An enhancement was made to the Plans queue that allows APD to prioritize plan reviews by submission date