*EES Staff – Please see below regarding this Saturday’s system availability*
*This Saturday, May 16th, EES workers should not log into KEES. No EES Programs (FA, TANF, CC) should be processed on Saturday.
Friday 5/15: 6am - 8pm
Saturday 5/16: 6am–4:30pm
Sunday 5/17: Unavailable
The Buy In Deletion Report will be available to eligibility staff on the 14th of each month. The Buy In file will be sent to CMS early on the morning of the 21st. The Buy In Deletion report that is received on 5/14/2020 will include all cases that lost eligibility 3/31/2020. The removal of the deletion records by DXC will need to be completed by 5:00 PM on May 20, 2020. Any cases that need the deletion removed from the CMS file, will need to have an email sent to the DXC Buy In team no later than 2:00 PM on the 20th so they can be manually processed by the 5:00 PM deadline. The requests can be sent on a daily basis as the report is worked. DXC cannot guarantee that the manual processing will be completed before the CMS file is sent if the manual deletion requests are received after 2:00 PM on May 20th.
An email will need to be sent to the DXC Buy In team for any new cases eligible for immediate buy in authorized between May 14th and the 20th to ensure the accretion record is manually added to the buy in file. ksxix-buyin@dxc.com
If a deletion was manually removed from the CMS file last month, and the eligibility for that member is still not up to date in the MMIS at the point the deletion file is sent to CMS this month, that deletion will go to CMS even though that member is only listed on the Buy In Deletion report once.
Final KDHE Processing Deadlines - Fiscal Year 2021 has been updated and can be found on the KEES Repository under Other Helpful Information.
The first phase of P-EBT is being implemented this weekend with an auto issuance to TANF/FA households with children that meet the eligibility criteria for P-EBT benefits. The benefits will be issued beginning May 21stand will be staggered by alpha. A policy memo with additional information will be sent to staff early next week. Staff need to be made aware that they will see some system changes when they log back in on Monday, May 18th. Staff should NOT create P-EBT programs or run EDBC for P-EBT in KEES until they are instructed to do so.
At a high level here are some of the changes staff will see:
P-EBT will be its own program
P-EBT will be its own program block
Other Program Assistance Detail page
EDBC
Issuance History
DCF Processing Deadlines – Year 2020 can be found on the DCF Intranet under Policy and Procedures.
Call Center Phone Number: 844-723-5337
KEES Help Desk Email: KEES.HelpDesk@ks.gov
KEES Tier 1 Email (Access Issues Only): KEES.Tier1@ks.gov
KEES Repository KEES User Manual - Medical KEES User Manual - Non-Medical
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