Where your future begins
Where your future begins
Contact: Carla Lasley
Created: 04/09/2020
Date Emailed to Staff: 04/09/2020
Effective Date: 04/09/2020
Summary of Changes
Temporary policy / procedure change to allow providers to obtain electronic signatures, where possible, and verbal approval when needed.
Forms - New or Revised
No forms changed or revised, but this process applies to milestones and any benefits forms clients and authorized representatives usually sign
QE2 Update
None
To Do
DD Providers have been notified of change via Constant Contact. Review process that states that VR staff may validate client approval when provider notes that verbal approval was received.
Also requested that VR staff share the process with provider staff when possible; various methods of communicating the process to providers are being utilized.
Team Communication
As above.
VRIS Posting
https://webforms.nebraska.gov/program_manual_chapters/new_drafts/745
Monitoring Requirements
As noted, VR staff will review forms and take action as needed to verify client / authorized representative verbal approval was received when forms are not signed.
Training Dates
None. Process was reviewed by Design and Implementation group.