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STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Aging and Long-Term Support Administration
Home and Community Services Division
PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600
H15-011 – Information
February 6, 2015
|TO: |Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators |
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| |Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors |
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| |Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDA) Regional Administrators |
|FROM: |Bea Rector, Director, HCS |
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| |Don Clintsman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, DDA |
|SUBJECT: |Billing Assistance for Social Services Unit (BASS) |
|Purpose: |To introduce the BASS Team and provide information about their role and responsibilities. |
|Background: |The BASS unit was created in September of 2014 with the purpose of assisting all Long-Term Services and |
| |Supports providers, who are not Individual Providers (IPs), with their transition to and continued use of, |
| |our state’s payment system, ProviderOne. The BASS team works in partnership with field staff to ensure that |
| |providers are reimbursed for the services they have provided. |
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| |The BASS mission is to provide high quality customer service by assisting providers with all billing |
| |questions and problems. To accomplish this unit staff strive to assist each provider to become comfortable |
| |with the system in order to confidently submit their claims. |
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| |The team is composed of 14 staff that answer social service provider billing questions, provide assistance, |
| |and trouble shoot problems using the new ProviderOne payment system. The team has a real-time call-line |
| |system that tracks the number of calls in the queue and the wait time for callers on hold. Providers may |
| |also submit questions by email. |
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| |The BASS team is part of the HCS Home and Community Programs headquarters unit in Lacey. |
|What’s new, changed, or |BASS staff handle social service provider billing questions and problems (this does not include Individual |
|Clarified |Providers, IPs). Case managers handle provider authorization questions and problems. |
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| |Between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. the BASS unit focuses on incoming phone calls. When the phone lines are off the |
| |unit focuses on provider follow-up, processes email requests, and processes online provider tickets. |
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| |ProviderOne Go Live began January 15, 2015. Most providers chose to follow their normal cycle of billing on |
| |the last week of the month in order to receive payment the first week of February. As a result, BASS is |
| |experiencing a tremendous increase in the volume of calls, from an average of 150 calls per day to over 500. |
| |In addition, the call duration has doubled, from 10 minutes to over 35 minutes. The volume and wait times |
| |will diminish as providers gain experience with the system. |
|ACTION: |Please assist providers by taking the following actions: |
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| |Direct providers to the ProviderOne training website at altsa.dshs.providerone/. Assist providers |
| |by helping them navigate to the appropriate tab, i.e. Billing & Claims (for Social Service Providers), |
| |Enrollment (for all providers) or Medical Providers. |
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| |Encourage providers to utilize the training site which contains tutorials, “how to” guides, hints and tips, |
| |and other useful resources. The tutorials are short and easy to use and the “how to” guides provide step by |
| |step directions for enrollment and billing. These resources used by the BASS team to answer provider |
| |questions. The training site is located at |
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| |Refer all social service (not IP) provider billing and payment questions to the BASS unit. Providers may |
| |contact BASS by: |
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| |Phone: 800-562-3022 (after the short introduction, press 5 for Providers, then 1 for Social Services) |
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| |Online Ticket: |
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| |Email: BASS@dshs. |
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| |Encourage providers to use the “Call-Back” feature when they are waiting on the phone. The “Call-Back” |
| |feature allows callers to hang up without losing their place in line. When they are the next person in line, |
| |the phone system will call their number to connect to a BASS team member. |
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| |If you think there is a systems issue that the BASS team is not aware of or would like to provide information|
| |about a particular provider issue, please follow the steps of the post-implementation support escalation |
| |process: |
| |Case managers report the issue to their supervisor |
| |Supervisors report any issues they cannot resolve to the JRP or Payment Coordinator |
| |JRP or Payment Coordinator log any unresolved issues into the SharePoint Debrief Log for resolution by the HQ|
| |project team. |
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| |If there are issues with provider contracts, work with your supervisors and local contract staff. Local |
| |contract staff may contact the ALTSA Contracts Unit for assistance with problems that cannot be resolved |
| |locally. |
|CONTACT(S): |Seanna Sams, BASS Operations Manager |
| |360-725-3276 |
| |Seanna.Sams@dshs. |
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| |Dustin Quinn Campbell, Program Manager, |
| |360-725-2535 |
| |QUINNDW@dshs. |
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| |Beth Krehbiel, DDA Eligibility/Social Services Payment System Program Manager |
| |360-725-3440 |
| |KrehbB@dshs. |
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