IMS Overview

IMS – Information Management System

Home Property Overview

Home Property Equity In determining eligibility for long-term care services applications filed on or after January 1, 2006, home property (which includes all property adjacent to the home ) is excluded from resources unless the individual’s equity interest in his or her home exceeds the Maximum Home Equity Standard. The home equity standard is located […]

Nursing Facility Authorization

How to place a Nursing Facility Authorization in application status on a currently open medical case using FACS Go to the Medical Gen tab in the Eligibility Notebook. In the Type Action taken block, choose “change of action which does not effective section detail status”. If “change” is already there, re-send it. If you are […]

Unemployed Parent Coding (PWE)

In FACS on the TANF Work tab: Payee/Spouse Grant Indicator (F12) block for Primary Wage Earner (PWE): “UNEMPLOYED PARENT IN TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD DETERMINED TO BE PRIMARY WAGE EARNER” Payee/Spouse Grant Indicator (F12) block for Spouse: “PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE INCLUDED IN GRANT/REQUIRED WORK REGISTRANT” TANF Work Status (F154) block for both parents must be […]

Coding Incapacity for TANF

The case remains in application status until incapacity is determined by the TANF Worker. To determine incapacity, the worker has the client sign Form HIPAA-3, Authorization to Disclose Medical Records, and submit it with Form TW-27, TANF Work Tolerance Report, to a medical professional. Once the completed TW-27 is returned, the worker determines incapacity and, […]

ABAWD: Notice of 3rd K Month

ABAWD status should be checked at every certification and renewal for every member of the household.

UpdatedCase Notes Overview

Each case you work on has its own unique story.

UpdatedBest Practices

Keep these ideas in mind to create the best case notes possible.

How To Open Case Notes

To open Case Notes and enter information, click the case note icon on the FACS toolbar. The “Open Case Notes” dialog box will open. If you have a case open – the Case Number will “default” to the case you have open. If you want to enter Case Notes on your current open case, just […]

How To Enter a Case Note for Unopened Cases

To enter a Case Note in FACS for a case that is not currently open, just click the case note icon. The “Open Case Notes” dialog box will open. Type the Case Number in the Case Num: field Click OK Choose the Note Type Enter the notes.