11132023 Dispatch

All Programs

KEES Availability:

*STATE HOLIDAY

A build went in on Thursday night 11/09/23.  Below is a summary of what was included in the release as well as any workarounds that will no longer necessary.  

Issues We Fixed for All Programs:

All People Associated with the Case Not in Order - FIXED

Household members will now show by Age and Household status in the “All People Associated with the Case” section of KEES.

Medical Programs

Premium Delinquency During CE Periods

We are aware there have been issues with EDBC denying a household for Excess Income instead of Delinquent Premiums for CHIP when EDBC is ran in the middle of a CE period. When this occurs, the worker needs  update the system generated Discontinuance NOA with the CHIP Discontinuance Premium Delinquency fragment from the SCP. When an eligibility worker encounters this issue in KEES, they will need to submit a KEES Help Desk ticket.

What’s New for Medical Staff:

Medical Reviews Overridden EDBC’s

Overridden EDBCs can now be processed by Batch EDBC.

Programs that had a previously overridden EDBC can now receive a Passive review if the other Passive criteria is met when the Reviews Batch runs each month.

Additional Snippet for Overridden Review NOAs

4 new snippets have been added to overridden EDBC NOAs. The NOAs will now include:

• Spenddown start dates and spenddown amount
• CHIP premium start date and premium amount
• Patient liability start date and liability amount
• When there is no share of cost on a spenddown

Medical Issues We Fixed:

PE Portal Counting Grandparent’s Income for Grandchild in Error - FIXED

Grandparents income will no longer be counted in PE determinations for their grandchildren.

Discontinuance NOA Generated on Rescinded Review Was Blank – No Clients Listed - FIXED

Workers will no longer see Blank Discontinuance NOAs for clients.

KEES is Denying the Household TMD Despite Having Eligibility - FIXED

Workers will no longer see consumers being Denied for TMD when they should be eligible based off of previous CTM coverage and now having an increase in earned income.

Voluntary Contribution is Not Being Counted Correctly in EDBC Budget – FIXED

The reported issue of the Voluntary Contribution income type not counting on EDBC when making a LTC determination for MSP has been fixed.

KEES Exempting Countable Life Insurance Policies – FIXED

Workers will no longer see Life Insurance policies counting as exempt on EDBC when they should be countable in the determination.

BENDEX Interface – SSA Income Change is Generating Two Tasks – FIXED

BENDEX will no longer create two SSA Income Change tasks for the same person on the same night on cases in KEES.

Medical Processing Deadlines   

KDHE Processing Deadlines for FY 2024 has been updated and can be found on the KEES Repository under Other Helpful Information.

Non-Medical Programs

Non-Medical Issues We Fixed:

Child Care Outside Provider Hours Flag is Displayed in Error – FIXED

The issue of a flag being displayed on a CC plan warning the hours were outside of provider hours incorrectly has been corrected.  KEES will no longer display this in error.

NOA Contains Fragments Inconsistent with Case Details – FIXED

Non-Medical case NOA’s will no longer contain references to Medical programs.

V003 Generating Duplicate Copy in Distributed Documents – FIXED

Employment Verification form V003 was creating a duplicate copy of the form in Distributed Documents when the form was generated.  This will no longer occur.

Non-Medical Processing Deadlines

DCF Processing Deadlines – Year 2023 have been updated and can be found on the DCF Intranet under Policy and Procedures and in the KEES Non-Medical User Manual.

PPS Programs

PPS Payment Schedule

The PPS Payment Schedule for FY 2024 has been updated in the KEES Non-Medical User Manual.

Contact Us

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

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