DHS is in the process of replacing personal care assistance (PCA) and the Consumer Support Grant (CSG) with Community First Services and Supports (CFSS). For more information about this transition, refer to CFSS Manual – Transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS.

For a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) transition summary, refer to DSD MMIS Reference Guide – MMIS transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS.

Similarities

The APRV screen is the same for a PCA and CFSS service agreement (SA).

Differences

There are no differences between a PCA and CFSS SA on the APRV screen.

This page describes how to complete the APRV screen for both PCA and CFSS.

The county/tribal nation and DHS use the APRV screen to communicate with providers about PCA/CFSS. The county/tribal nation and DHS also use the APRV screen for other services or programs. The county/tribal nation and DHS do not always use the APRV screen.

The county/tribal nation must not enter any protected health information (PHI) on the APRV screen.

Comments the county/tribal nation enters on the APRV screen appear in the provider’s SA letter. To add a comment to the person’s SA letter, the county/tribal nation enters the comment on the ARCP screen.

MMIS includes the following system constraints when the county/tribal nation enters comments:

In the PROVIDER COMMENTS field, the county/tribal nation enters information about the assessment or SA to communicate to providers, including:

The county/tribal nation dates and initials all comments.

After the county/tribal nation enters comments, they press a transmit key to advance to the ARCP screen.