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Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) providers may have been issued a payment coded as MIS (Miscellaneous) in May 2023. These payments are due to the processing of Value Based Incentive Payments by both the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DMH DD).
- Payments made by DHSS (and not DMH) are for the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Value Based Incentive Payment and are based on criteria outlined in INFO 10-22-01. The DHSS payment was issued for all HCBS providers with visit data in the Electronic Aggregator System (EAS) during the March 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023 time frame. To review how DHSS payments were calculated, review INFO 05-23-02. Questions regarding DHSS’ payment should be directed to the Bureau of Long Term Services and Supports (BLTSS) via e-mail at LTSS@health.mo.gov.
- Value Based Incentive Payments made by DMH DD were not related to the DHSS EVV Payments. relate to nine approved value based incentives and were made to providers that submitted all necessary documentation in the data collection system REDCap. Temporary payment notifications were sent to the REDCap users who entered the incentive data from the DD VBP email address DMHDD.VBP@dmh.mo.gov The notifications contained information regarding the performance period, reason code and description identifying the incentive, amount of payment, and check date. Questions regarding DMH DD’s payments should be directed to DMHDD.VBP@dmh.mo.gov.