Posts made in June, 2014

State Delays eXPRS Implementation and Employment Rate Changes to Fall 2014

Posted by Oregon Support Services Association on Jun 3, 2014 in 2013 Changes, 2014 changes, Advocacy, Provider Payment | 8 comments

Late Friday afternoon (05.30.2014), Interim DD Director Trisha Baxter released the following statement to the I/DD community: “As you are aware we have many priorities that we are focusing on, all with a July 1 implementation date. We have heard from many of you that these converging priorities are causing angst, stress and strain on you, and on the system. We, as well, are discovering the complexities of handling so many moving parts all at once.  As such, based upon feedback from many of you and weighing our internal priorities and commitments with SEIU, CMS and others, we have come up with the following strategy to delay portions of the work and to stage...