Action Memo: Rapid Reintegration Pilot Program

Summary:

The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS), Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and the Department on Aging (DoA) are piloting a program entitled "Rapid Reintegration" that allows qualified persons to keep more of their monthly income. The person must be admitted for a short term stay of six months or less in a participating nursing facility and have the need to maintain a home in the community.
The pilot program is limited to Boone, Morgan, Sangamon, and Winnebago Family Community Resource Centers (FCRC).
The Community Home Maintenance Allowance (CHMA) will be increased up to 100% of the Federal Poverty Level.
The person must have been discharged from the Rockford Memorial or Swedish American Hospital in Rockford or Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
A new form, HFS 3902 (pdf), Community Home Maintenance Allowance Physician Statement, has been created to certify short term stays in nursing facilities.
Item 25, Code C has been created to identify and track cases eligible for the pilot program.
The pilot program will run for one year, beginning December 1, 2008.
HFS 2378H and 2536 have been labeled for use in the pilot program.