Revisions to Vocational Rehabilitation Standards for Providers Manual

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The following revisions to the Vocational Rehabilitation Standards for Providers Manual will be posted for review on the Vocational Rehabilitation Providers' Resources page on December 16, 2019:

 

Chapter 3: Basic Employment—Updated section 3.8 Goods and Services Purchased to include language related to ReHabWorks system-generated billing cover sheet use. Updated section 3.3.3 Conflict of Interest to clarify limitations for hiring current TWC staff and limitations for TWS-VR customers providing services to other TWS-VR customers.

 

Chapter 14: Work Experience—Updated to allow for use with Wage Services and added Work Experience Monitoring to the Work Experience Training services definitions.

 

Chapter 17: Basic Employment Service—Updated Job Skills Training service description to include use of Extended Services for “youth with disabilities.”

 

Chapter 18: Supported Employment Services—Updated content related to Extended Services. Reminder: Provider Notice on 10/01/2019 noted revisions to this chapter related to competitive integrated employment and temporary employment, also effective on January 15.

 

Chapter 21: Employment Supports for Brain Injury—Updated content for clarity, removed billing codes, added premium rate Medical Team Services for attending interdisciplinary team meetings, and removed Psychological Services from sections 21.5.3.1 Therapy Evaluations and 21.5.5 Therapy Services and placed it in section 21.9 Ancillary Other Support Goods and Services.

 

All revisions will go into effect on January 15, 2020.

 

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