2023-2024 SY
March 2024 IN THIS EDITION FREE Zoom Training With Lisa This Month | About School Services of Montana | Emails and Compliance: HIPAA & FERPA | 🔔Time to Catch Up on Medicaid Billing | Adding Students to the Service Portal | Resource Reminder: Personal Care & Direct Care Therapy User Manuals | About SSoM Electronic Medicaid Billing Program via RELAY January 2024 IN THIS EDITION FREE Zoom Training This Month | Emails and Compliance: HIPAA & FERPA | Service Portal Password Security Tips | Adding Students to the Service Portal | Resource Reminder: Personal Care & Direct Care Therapy User Manuals | About SSoM Electronic Medicaid Billing Program via RELAY December 2023 IN THIS EDITION Dec. 12 Zoom Training: Personal Care Aide @ 1:30pm | Learn More About School Services of Montana | Limited December Hours | Your Secure Service Portal Password & Student Data | Service Portal Manuals: Personal Care; Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY November 2023 IN THIS EDITION Zoom Training This Month | Personal Care Child Profile Forms | Medicaid Billing Service Logs - Personal Care Services | HIPAA & FERPA | Service Portal Manuals: Personal Care; Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY October 2023 IN THIS EDITION Zoom Training This Month | Personal Care Child Profile Forms | Create or Upload Your Caseload | HIPAA & FERPA | Service Portal Manuals: Personal Care; Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY September 2023 IN THIS EDITION Zoom Training with Lisa Aug. 28: Direct Care Providers @ 3pm, Personal Care Aides @ 3:30pm | Check the Date on Your Personal Care Child Forms | Creating/Updating Your Caseload | Please be Patient: student grades & school info will be updated soon | Service Portal Manuals for 2023: Personal Care, Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY 2022-2023 SY
Apr 2023 IN THIS EDITION Supervision Log: Bell Icon & the Supervision Wizard | Student Information Form: Adding Students to the Service Portal via ShareFile | How to Log an Absence & Non-Billable Logs | Updated Service Portal Manuals for 2023: Personal Care, Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY Mar 2023 IN THIS EDITION Annual Notice | How to Log an Absence & Non-Billable Logs | Updated Service Portal Manuals for 2023: Personal Care, Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY Feb 2023 IN THIS EDITION RELAY Portal Service Logs | Service Portal Password Reminders | Updated Service Portal Manuals for 2023: Personal Care, Direct Care Therapy | About SSoM Medicaid Billing via RELAY Jan 2023 IN THIS EDITION Emails and Compliance | CompuClaim is now RELAY | YOUR Service Portal Password | Service Portal Manuals have been updated for 2023 | SSoM is Hiring a Tech Support Assistant Dec 2022 IN THIS EDITION Happy Holidays! | CompuClaim is now RELAY | YOUR Service Portal Password | Service Portal Manuals are a Great Resource Nov 2022 IN THIS EDITION Instructions and Tips For: adding Personal Care Services, Creating or Updating Your Caseload, Adding Goals to a Student Account, Creating Groups in the Service Portal | YOUR Service Portal Password | Service Portal Manuals are a Great Resource Sept 2022 IN THIS EDITION Medicaid Billing Service Logs | Creating or Updating Your Caseload | Adding Goals to a Student Account | Evaluations | Please Be Patient | Service Portal Tips & Manuals for Personal Care and Direct Care Therapy 2021-2022 SY
May 2022 IN THIS EDITION Guidelines for Billing | Keep Your Caseload Current | Service Portal Tips & Manuals for Personal Care and Direct Care Therapy Mar. 2022 IN THIS EDITION Medicaid Billing Annual Notice to Parents | How to Log an Absence | Progress Reports | Evaluations | Service Portal Tips & Manuals for Personal Care and Direct Care Therapy Jan. 2022 IN THIS EDITION How to Fix a Logging Error Using the Edit Service Log Wizard | Update to the Service Portal Webpage | Service Portal Tips: Personal Care Manual; Direct Care Therapy Manual Dec. 2021 IN THIS EDITION Service Portal Support Holiday Support Availability | Adding goals to a Student Account | Add a Student to the Service Portal via the Student Information Sheet (fillable PDF form) | Service Portal Tips & Manuals Nov. 2021 IN THIS EDITION Guidelines for Billing: Logging Personal Care Services | Adding goals to a Student Account | Add a Student to the Service Portal via the Student Information Sheet (fillable PDF form) | Service Portal Tips & Manuals Sept. 2021 IN THIS EDITION Guidelines for Billing (the answer is in the IEP) | Keep Your Caseload Current (removing & adding students; grades & schools updated in Sept/Oct) | Service Portal Tips (secure passwords, user manuals) 2020-2021 SY
April 2021 IN THIS EDITION Guidelines for Billing (the answer is in the IEP) | Keep Your Caseload Current (remove students you no longer serve) | Service Portal Tips: Personal Care Manual; Direct Care Therapy Manual February 2021 IN THIS EDITION Medicaid Billing Annual Notice to Parents | Non-Billable Logs using the Service Log Wizard | Progress Reports | Evaluations | Webinar - ELA/Literacy: Supporting Students with Dyslexia & Other Reading Disabilities 3/31 & 5/5 | Service Portal Manuals for: Therapists; Personal Care & Nursing January 2021 IN THIS EDITION Oops! How to fix a logging error | Missing Student? Fill out the Student Information Sheet | Service Portal cleanup: inactive students | Links to Service Portal manuals December 2020 IN THIS EDITION Service Portal support hours over winter break | Missing Student? Fill out the Student Information Sheet | HIPAA and FERPA-keep student information confidential | Links to Service Portal manuals November 2020 IN THIS EDITION Guidelines for logging your personal care services | Missing Student? Fill out the Student Information Sheet | HIPAA & FERPA: using ShareFile for compliance in sharing student information | Links to Service Portal manuals October 2020 IN THIS EDITION New contact info (phone & fax) for the 20-21 SY | Guidelines for medicaid billing: group services; student goals & objectives | HIPAA & FERPA: using ShareFile for compliance in sharing student information | Links to Service Portal manuals September 2020 IN THIS EDITION New contact info (phone & fax) for the 20-21 SY | Getting started: logging into the Service Portal + instructions for logging services (IEP, telehealth, etc), adding goals, evals, and non-billables | Links to Service Portal manuals 2019-2020 SY
April 2020 IN THIS EDITION: Teletherapy & Compliance (FERPA & HIPAA req's) | School-based services manual: the DPHHS manual was just updated | Thank you to all survey respondents : ) February 2020 IN THIS EDITION: Non-billable logs featuring the Service Log Wizard | Has your district sent the annual notice to parents? | Links to Service Portal manuals for: Therapists; Personal Care & Nursing January 2020 IN THIS EDITION: How to fix a logging error using the Edit Service Log Wizard | Service Portal security update scheduled for Feb. 1, 2020 | Links to Service Portal manuals for: Therapists; Personal Care & Nursing December 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Medicaid Billing - the answer is in the IEP | Logging provider services - non-billable logs | Missing student? Fill out the student information sheet November 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Medicaid Billing - student goals & objectives | You are awesome at what you do! Make sure you log your personal care services | Missing student? Fill out the student information sheet October 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Tip: Service Portal shortcut for group services saves time | Tip: save student goals & objectives to save time entering service logs | HIPAA & FERPA - keeping student info confidential by faxing docs or uploading to ShareFile | Our Client ID has changed to Montana September 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Please note that we have a new client ID | Guidelines for Billing | Links to Service Portal Manuals for Therapists; Personal Care & Nursing | School Based Best Practices Oct. 17 - 18 in Billings 2018-19 SY
May 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Bookmark of the Service Portal link | Guidelines for Billing | HIPAA and FERPA | Be Sure to Log Your Services in the Service Portal (+ critical year-end reminders) March 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Instructions on Logging for Snow Days (aka student did not receive a service) | Medicaid Annual Notice for Parents | Links to Service Portal Manuals for Therapists and Personal Care/Nursing providers February 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Billing | Medicaid Annual Notice | Links to both Service Portal Manuals: Therapists and Personal Care/Nursing Providers January 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Edit Service Log Wizard | Upgrades to our Student Info Sheet | Links to both Service Portal Manuals: Therapists and Personal Care/Nursing Providers December 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Fillable Student Information Sheet now available! | Details about two new state-published AIM reports: (1) All Special Education Medicaid Report; (2) All Special Education Medicaid Service Log November 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Upgrades to the Service Portal | Compliance Matters & the Consent to Bill form | Logging instructions for Personal Care services | Links to Service Portal Manuals: Therapists and Personal Care/Nursing Providers October 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Billing (the answer is in the IEP) | Logging Your Services (including logging Wizards & manuals) September 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Tips on keeping your caseloads current | resetting your password | Links to Service Portal Manuals: Therapists and Personal Care/ Nursing Providers 2017-18 SY
April 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Medicaid Billing (Keep Your Caseload Current) | HIPPA and FERPA (confidential student info req's) | Log Your Services | Links to Service Portal manuals: Therapists and for Personal Care/Nursing February 2018 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Billing (Quarterly Progress Summaries, Evaluations) | Medicaid Annual Notice | Log your services | Links to Service Portal Manuals for Therapists and for Personal Care/Nursing November 2017 IN THIS EDITION: Guidelines for Billing (the answer is in the IEP) | What's with all the paper? (compliance matters) | Log your services | Links to Service Portal manuals for Therapists and for Personal Care/Nursing September 2017 IN THIS EDITION: Time to update your caseload | What if I forgot my login information? | Please be patient: updates for student grades & schools take time | Links to Service Portal manuals for Therapists and for Personal Care/Nursing |
