More transparency to help in analysis of the NYS Early Intervention Program billing problems

On 7/15/13 I posted about how the interim State Fiscal Agent appeared to be trolling NYS Early Intervention Service Providers for private business.In the interest of transparency, I wanted to update that issue.In the email I referenced how UNYEIP stated that Director Hutton would write financial hardship letters for providers who have not been paid.  I attempted to verify this and the Bureau of Early Intervention would not admit that they would do this; this is the email that I received from them:I was not able to find out anything further about hardship letters.  However, BEI made the announcement below on Friday [referencing how providers can borrow money that the State owes them - cja editorial comment].  Counties must sign and return an agreement to the Department if they choose to participate in the PEP.  Providers must also sign an agreement and return it to the Department if they wish to avail themselves of the PEP if the municipality is participating.  All information regarding the PEP, including which municipalities are participating, is being posted on EIBilling.com as they return their agreement.  The provider agreement should already be available on EIBilling.com by now.  If you have further questions about the PEP, please address them to [e-mail].  Thanks.I found this interesting.  Maybe it was their intent to replace the hardship letters with a loan program.  Counties were not too thrille...

Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - August 5, 2013 Category: Occupational Therapists Tags: health insurance Source Type: blogs