CCS Information Notices

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2013

Number	Release Date	Title
13-01	01-18-13	Update of Table 1 (Family Size and Annual Income Level Chart) - MEDI-CAL Year 2012 Federal Poverty Level Chart; Effective Beginning January 26, 2012

2012

Number	Release Date	Title
12-04	10-15-12	Important Notice from CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
12-03	07-02-12	California Children's Services (CCS) Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Diagnostic, Treatment, Vendored Therapy, and Dental Funding Certifications Certification of County Appropriation
12-01	08-09-12	Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13 County Allocations for CCS County Administration and the CCS Medical Therapy Program (MTP)

2011

Number	Release Date	Title
None	11-04-11	Important Notice from CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
11-06	09-27-11	Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12 County Allocations for CCS County Administration (Revised) and the CCS Medical Therapy Program (MTP)
11-05	09-13-11	Update of Table 1 (Family Size and Annual Income Level Chart) - Medi-Cal Year 2011 Federal Poverty Level Chart; Effective Beginning April 2011
11-04	08-11-11	Request for Children's Medical Services (CMS) Review of Contract Therapist Qualifications to Perform Interagency Activities
11-03	07-18-11	California Children's Services (CCS) Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Diagnostic, treatment, Vendored Therapy, and Dental Funding Certifications Certification of County Appropriation
11-02	06-09-11	Quality Assurance Monitoring of Service Code Group (SCG) 51 NOTE: This Information Notice supercedes CCS Information Notice 11-01 QA Monitoring Tool (Word)
11-01	03-18-11	Quality Assurance Monitoring of Service Code Group (SCG) 51

2010

Number	Release Date	Title
None	11-18-10	Important Notice from CCS Program Regarding Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
10-03	11-16-10	Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Allocations for California Children's Services (CCS) County Administration and the CCS Medical Therapy Program (MTP)
10-02	09-23-10	Statewide Guidelines for Health Care Transition Planning for Children with Special Health Care Needs NOTE: This Information Notice supercedes CCS Information Notice 09-01 Attachment A \| Attachment B-1 \| Attachment B-2 \| Attachment B-3 \| Attachment C \| Attachment C-18 \| Attachment C-20 \| Attachment D \| Attachment E \| Attachment F-1 \| Attachment F-2 \| Attachment F-3 \| Attachment G \| Attachment H \| Attachment I
10-01	06-22-10	Requirements for the Participation in the CCS Program by Family Practice Physicians

2009

Number	Release Date	Title
None	11-17-09	Important Notice from CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
09-03	10-15-09	Updated List of Liaisons for Healthy Families (HF) Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs
09-02	04-09-09	FY 2008-09 California Children's Services (CCS) Medi-Cal County Match Budgets
09-01	04-30-09	Statewide Guidelines for Health Care Transition Planning for Children with Special Health Care Needs NOTE: This Information Notice has been superceded by CCS Information Notice 10-02
None	01-14-09	Important Notice from CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare

2008

Number	Release Date	Title
08-08	09-25-08	GHPP Forms
08-07	09-08-08	Semi-Annual Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, HF Plan Contractors and CCS Program Staff
08-06	09-08-08	Updated List of Liaisons for Healthy Families (HF) Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs
08-05	08-28-08	Family Handbook - What Parents/Guardians Should Know About California Children's Services
08-04	06-16-08	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
08-03	02-01-08	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
08-02	01-11-08	Proposed Budget Reductions in Reimbursement to Counties for Administration of the Medical Therapy Program
08-01	01-11-08	Proposed Budget Reductions in Reimbursement to Counties for Administration of the CCS Program

2007

Number	Release Date	Title
07-11	12-21-07	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, HF Plan Contractors, and CCS Program Staff and Agenda
None	11-20-07	Important Notice from the CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
07-09	09-26-07	Replacement Page for 2003 CCS Guidelines for Recommendation and Authorization for Rental or Purchase of Durable Medical Equipment -Rehabilitation (DMS-R) and Replacement for Page 10
07-08	07-31-07	Notice of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Update 2007 Via Webcast
07-07	06-27-07	Updated List of Liaisons for Healthy Families (HF) Program, Health Plans and Local CCS Programs
07-06	06-27-07	Updated Implementation Procedures for the Quarterly Time Study for Medical Therapy Program (MTP) for 100 Percent State Fundiong to Comply with Interagency Regulations (Assembly Bill 3632)
07-05	05-14-07	County Letter of Interest to Have a Pediatric Palliative Care Pilot Waiver Program in Your Area
None	05-03-07	GHPP and CCS Become Title XIX Federal Medicaid Waiver Programs
07-04	03-12-07	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
07-03	03-09-07	Fiscal Year 2006-07 (2005-06 Actual) California Children's Services (CCS) Expenditure Report For Submission to the California Department of Finance (DOF) for the Purpose of Calculation of Realignment Caseload Growth and Realignment Detail (DX TR TH HF)
07-02	02-21-07	Clarification of Eligibility Under Section 41872(d) of Title 22 California Code of Regulations (CCR)
07-01	01-24-07	Revised Interagency Agreeement (IA) Between California Department of Health Services, CMS Branch and California Department of Education (CDE), Special Education and State Interagency Cooperative Agreement

2006

Number	Release Date	Title
06-14	12-08-06	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
None	11-15-06	Important Notice from the CCS Program About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
06-12	10-04-06	Request for Completion of the State Required Annual Program Data for County Medical Therapy Programs (MTP) Form and State Required Annual Program Data For County Medical Therapy Programs
06-11	09-10-06	Notice of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Update 2006 Via Webcast and Webcast Invitation
06-09	09-08-06	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
06-08	06-09-06	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
06-07	09-08-06	Revised Implementation Plan for the Quarterly Time Study (QTS) for Medical Therapy Program (MTP) for 100 Percent State-Funding to Comply with Interagency Regulations (Assembly Bill 3632)
06-06	07-31-06	Updated List of Liaisons for HF Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs, County CCS Contacts by Region, Health Families' Plans, and Kaiser Permanente CCS Liaisons
06-05	05-04-06	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, HF Plan Contractors, and CCS Program Staff
06-04	03-20-06	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties
06-03	01-30-06	Pilot Quarterly Time Study for the CCS Medical Therapy Program, Summary Sheet for All Employees, and Monthly Time Study for Medical Therapy Program (MTP)
06-01	01-05-06	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties and Meeting Agenda

2005

Number	Release Date	Title
05-18	12-21-05	Medicare Part D Coverage, New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Help and Information, Letter to Parents and Guardians Concerning Medicare Part D Coverage, and Important Notice from California Children’s Services Program About Your Child’s Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
05-17	11-22-05	Informing CCS of the Addition of Fasting Blood Glucose and Cholesterol Screening Tests as CHDP Benefits and CHDP Provider Information Notice No. 05-16
05-15	09-30-05	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff for Dependent Counties and Reservation Form
05-14	09-16-05	Instructions and Invoice Forms - Diagnostic, Treatment, and Therapy Expenditure Reporting, Instructions for CCS Quarterly Report of Expenditures, and CCS Claim for Reimbursement - Diagnostic/Treatment/Therapy
05-13	08-17-05	List of Liaisons for Healthy Families (HF) Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs, and liaisons for Healthy Families' Plans, California Children's Services and CCS Contacts by Region
05-12	08-12-05	Deactivation of "CGP" Prefix Inpatient Provider Numbers
05-11	07-22-05	Save the Date for a Continuing Education Webcast on Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV), Prevention with Palivizumab (SynagisTM), and the Role of CCS
05-10	07-22-05	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, HF Plan Contractors, and CCS Program Staff
05-09	07-13-05	Addition to Durable Medical Equipment-Rehabilitation (DME-R) Guidelines and Criteria for Basic Wheelchair (Manual & Power)
05-08	06-10-05	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff from Dependent Counties and CCS Dependent County Meeting Map
05-07	05-25-05	Purchase Deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliant Software for Children's Medical Services (CMS) Net
05-06	05-20-05	Request for Completion of the State Approved 100 Percent State funded Staff Allocations for County Medical Therapy Programs (MTP) Form for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-2006
05-05	05-13-05	Upcoming Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Supplemental Service Transition Training, Morning Agenda, and Afternoon Agenda
05-04	05-05-05	Invoice Instructions for Health Insurance Portability And Accountability (HIPAA) Compliant Software for CMS Net and CCS Administrative Expenditure Invoice
05-03	03-18-05	Required Use of HIPAA Compliant Software for CMS Net, SSH Evaluation, CCS Administrative Expenditure Invoice Sample, and County Assignments and Consultation Staff
05-02	03-18-05	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff from Dependent Counties and Meeting Map
05-01	02-22-05	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Northern California CCS Medical Directors and Consultants, Agenda, Directions and Map

2004

Number	Release Date	Title
04-26	12-07-04	Next Scheduled Teleconference for E-47 Issues
04-25	11-23-04	Teleconference Regarding Home Mechanical Ventilators
04-24	10-28-04	Teleconference for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Diabetic Supply Code Issues
04-23	10-18-04	Next Scheduled Teleconference For E 47 Issues
04-22	09-22-04	Next Scheduled Teleconference For E 47 Issues
9-17-04	09-17-04	Direct Electronic Transmission of Patient Therapy Record Data (PTR) Batches via CMS Net for Medical Therapy Unit (MTU) Therapy Services NOTE: Information Notice Number to left is the release date. This letter has no Information Notice Number.
04-21	09-03-04	Quarterly Meeting Notice For Northern California CCS Medical Directors And Consultants
04-20	08-27-04	Next Scheduled Teleconference For E 47 Issues
04-18	08-12-04	Upcoming Audiology Training
04-17	07-09-04	Enhancement 47 (E47) Teleconference Call Schedule
04-16	06-29-04	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, Healthy Families (HF) Plan Contractors, and CCS Program Staff
04-15	06-25-04	Teleconference With County California Children’s Program (CCS) For Enhancement 47 (E47) Implementation
04-14	06-21-04	CMS Net System Availability Information NOTE: This is the corrected version.
04-13	06-14-04	Implementation Of The Children’s Medical Services Network (CMS Net) Enhancement 47 (E 47) Project
04-12	06-15-04	List of Liaisons for Health Families Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs NOTE: This is the corrected version.
04-11	05-14-04	Quarterly Meeting Notice For Northern California CCS Medical Directors And Consultants
04-10	04-30-04	Request For Completion Of The State Approved 100 Percent State Funded Staff Allocations For County Medical Therapy Programs (MTP) Form For Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005
04-09	04-26-04	Enhancement 47 (E-47) Policy And Procedures Training For CCS County Offices And State Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Branch Regional Office Staff
04-08	04-09-04	Cancellation Of Scheduled Meeting Of CCS Staff From Dependent Counties
04-06	02-20-04	Enhancement 47 Technical “Hands-On” System Training
04-05	02-20-04	Enhancement 47 Training Facility
04-04	02-18-04	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Northern California CCS Medical Directors and Consultants
04-03	02-06-04	Follow-Up Conference Calls Regarding New Process For Authorization Of Durable Medical Equipment
04-02	01-14-04	Training Sessions Regarding the New Process for Authorization of Durable Medical Equipment
04-01	01-07-04	Conference Call Regarding New Process for Authorization of Durable Medical Equipment

2003

Number	Release Date	Title
03-20	12-18-03	Letter to CCS Paneled Providers Regarding Updating Paneling Listing
03-19	12-15-03	New CCS Hypertonicity Special Care Centers
03-18	09-30-03	Elimination of All CGP Provider Numbers
03-17	09-25-03	Revision and Translation of California Children's Services (CCS) Materials
03-16	10-24-03	Electronic Claims Submission via CMS Net for Medical Therapy Program (MTP) Therapy Services
03-15	09-19-03	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff from Dependent Counties
03-14	08-08-03	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Northern California California Children's Services (CCS) Medical Directors, Consultants, and Administrators
03-13	07-18-03	Interim Instructions and Invoice Forms – Diagnostic, Treatment, and Therapy Expenditure Reporting
03-12	07-17-03	CCS Numbered Letter 08-0703 Incontinence Medical Supplies Inservice
03-11	07-03-03	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, Healthy Families (HF) Plan Contractors, and CCS Program Staff
03-10	08-06-03	Correction and Addendum to CCS Numbered Letter (NL) 08-0703 Regarding Authorization for Purchase of Incontinence Medical Supplies
03-09	06-13-03	Scheduled Meeting of CCS Staff from Dependent Counties
03-08	05-16-03	Introduction to the CHDP Gateway
03-07	05-12-03	Care Coordination Survey
03-06	03-27-03	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, Healthy Families (HF) Plan Contractors, and California Children's Services (CCS) Program Staff
03-05	03-18-03	List of Liaisons for Health Families Program Health Plans and Local CCS Programs
03-04	02-18-03	Health Insurance Information Form (MC 2600) Now Available in Spanish
03-03	02-18-03	Request for Completion of the State Approved 100 Percent State Funded Staff Allocations for County Medical Therapy Programs (MTP) Form for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-2004
03-02	01-24-03	Quarterly Meeting Notice for Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) Staff, Healthy Families (HF) Plan Contractors, and California Children's Services (CCS) Program Staff
03-01	01-15-03	Continuing Education for Completion of "The Medical Evaluation of the Child with Cerebral Palsy"

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