PPS Training Introduction Block 1 PPS General Form
PPS Training Introduction & Block 1: PPS General Form Curated by the CARS Research + Evaluation (R+E) Team
introduction New items, definitions, and materials PPS = Program Participation System • Purpose of Collection and What It Can Be Used For: • To provide justification for some of our state and federal funding. • To examine the demographics of the clients receiving services, and the volume of services received. • To identify trends in the clinical needs of clients receiving services. • To allocate resources accordingly. • Program evaluation, contract performance measures, dashboards, and more. This training is split into four blocks: • PPS General • PPS AODA • PPS MH • PPS/NOMS Supplemental
Constants under the umbrella term “PPS” PPS Consumers receiving paid services must have completed PPS forms per episode – PPS information impacts state and federal funding sources. PPS information is submitted quarterly to the State of Wisconsin by BHD. PPS General/MH/AODA are required by state and federal government. Assessment types per episode are completed at least 2 different times: 1. At admission (refer to policy) 2. “Follow-up” – needs to be submitted within 4 – 7 months after admission or prior follow-up 3. At discharge (refer to policy)
Overview of the PPS general form Used to collect demographic information from the beginning of an episode to the end of the episode Submit at least 3 times (admission, follow-up, and discharge) Certain variables may change, if they do, enter information in “Update Client Form” in Provider Connect to update information like: • Living arrangement • School • Employment
Home page of Provider Connect After logging into Provider Connect and reading the Net. Smart news, left-click on “Lookup Client” to enter information into the PPS form bundle for each consumer episode.
Look Up Client – use any field to find a client’s episode, and PPS forms
Left click on the Client ID
Note: Click on these buttons to access other forms like PPS General, PPS AODA, PPS MH, PPS/NOMS Supplemental 1. This is the landing page after clicking on the Client ID. Make sure this is up to date each time you submit a new PPS form bundle. 2. Once you verified the demographic information is up-to-date, left-click on this to get to the PPS General Form
Find the correct episode, then left-click on the episode number.
1. After you submit a PPS General form at intake, you will see the record listed above in grey. 2. In this example, a form has not been submitted yet, so we do not see the record. 3. To submit an initial PPS General form, leftclick on “Add New Record”
Notes on assessment date, pre-populated items, and the special criteria of the ethnicity options. Check out the notes underneath the slide for more information!
Notes on the referral source, county of residence at time of service, education status, employment status, veteran status, and race. Check out the “notes” underneath this slide for more information!
Questions? Contact your CARS service manager For technical difficulties, contact Netsmart • 1 -855 -400 -0797 For questions about content, contact CARS R+E: • Adrienne Sulma – Adrienne. Sulma@milwaukeecountywi. gov • Dr. Denis Birgenheir – Denis. Birgenheir@milwaukeecountywi. gov • Gary Kraft – Gary. Kraft@milwaukeecountywi. gov • Justin Heller – Justin. Heller@milwaukeecountywi. gov • Dr. Matt Drymalski – Walter. Drymalski@milwaukeecountywi. gov
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