Home Care Provider Notices

Thank you for your continued service to our participants enrolled in the Home Care Program.

We periodically send notices to our enrolled nursing agencies to keep you informed of important updates with the Home Care Program.

Below you can review our recent and past provider notices.

If you have questions, please contact your Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) nursing agency liaison.

If you are a DSCC-enrolled provider that serves our Core Program participants, please check our Core Program Provider Notices page.

2025

Provider Notice – Technical Issue Resolved (posted Feb. 27, 2025)
Provider Notice – Technical Delays With Payment Vouchers (posted Feb. 25, 2025)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Claims Communication (posted Jan. 28, 2025)
Provider Notice for Children’s Community-Based Health Centers: Claims Communication (posted Jan. 28, 2025)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Update on Nursing Rate Increase Delay (posted Jan. 22, 2025)
Provider Notice for Children’s Community-Based Health Centers: Update on Nursing Rate Increase Delay (posted Jan. 22, 2025)

Provider Notice for Facilities: Potential Delay in Rate Increase (posted Dec. 19, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Potential Delay in Rate Increase (posted Dec. 19, 2024)
Provider Notice: IMPACT Revalidation (posted Dec. 11, 2024)
Provider Notice: Update on CNAs as Paid Family Caregivers (posted Dec. 10, 2024)
Family Letter: Update on CNAs as Paid Family Caregivers (posted on Dec. 10, 2024)
HFS Notice: Rate Increase for Nursing (posted Nov. 26, 2024)
Provider Notice: UPDATED New Claims System Announcement (posted Nov. 21, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Nurse Verification and Safety Check Reminders (posted Nov. 1, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: U7 Modifier Code Reminder (posted Aug. 21, 2024)
Provider Notice: New Claims System Announcement (posted Aug. 2, 2024)
Provider Notice #2: Payment Processing Delays Due to Cyber Incident (posted Feb. 26, 2024)
Provider Notice: Update on Payment Processing Delays Due to Cyber Incident (posted Feb. 23, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Shared Hours (posted Feb. 15, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: U7 Modifier Notice (posted Jan. 3, 2024)

Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Rate Increase (effective Jan. 1, 2024)
Provider Notice for Out-of-Home Respite Providers: Rate Increase (effective Jan. 1, 2024)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Rate Increase (posted Dec. 4, 2023)
DSCC Webinar on Important Updates for In-Home Nursing Agencies (posted Sept. 14, 2023)
Home Care Nursing Services Third-Party Liability Policy (effective June 5, 2023)
Letter to DSCC Participant Families: Important Reminders: End of Public Health Emergency and Return to In-Person Visits (posted June 7, 2023)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: HB 2080 (posted May 25, 2023)
Provider Notice: DSCC Billing Tips for Nursing Agencies (posted March 27, 2023)
Provider Notice for Transitional/Out-of-Home Respite Facilities: End of Appendix K Provisions and Continous Medicaid Enrollment (posted March 22, 2023)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: End of Appendix K Provisions and Continous Medicaid Enrollment (posted March 16, 2023)
Provider Notice on Timely Filing (effective Feb. 8, 2023)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Licensed Parent/Legally Responsible Adult (LRA) and Overtime Updates (effective Feb. 3, 2023)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Home Care Corrected Claims Policy (effective Jan. 1, 2023)

Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Repite Rate Increase Update (effective Sept. 1, 2022)
Provider Notice for Out-of-Home Respite Providers: Respite Rate Increase Update (effective Sept. 1, 2022)
Provider Notice for Nursing Agencies: Licensed LRA Update (posted Aug. 31, 2022)
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Geographic Service Area Expansion (posted June 7, 2022)
Provider Notice – Appendix K COVID-19 Initiative Updates and Reminders (posted Jan. 31, 2022)

Notice to Agencies on Supervisory Visits (posted Oct. 27, 2020)
Provider Notice – COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Record Requirements (posted Aug. 22, 2020)
Retainer Fees Update (posted July 29, 2020)
Healthcare and Family Services (HFS): Charging Participants for PPE (posted July 13, 2020)
Provider Notice on COVID-19 Initiatives – Questions and Answers Part 2 (posted May 18, 2020)
Provider Notice on COVID-19 Initiatives – Questions and Answers Part 1 (posted April 30, 2020)
Provider Notice on COVID-19 Initiatives (posted April 27, 2020)
IDPH: Updated Recommended Guidance for Requesting PPE During COVID-19 Response (posted April 3, 2020)
IDPH: Recommended Guidance for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in the Medically Fragile Child (posted March 24, 2020)
COVID-19 Preparations for Nursing Agencies (posted March 19, 2020)
Guidance to Nursing Agencies During COVID-19 Pandemic (posted March 16, 2020)