Family Care/IRIS Transition Terms and Glossary (2/20/2017)

Aging and Disability Resource Center; conducts functional screening for eligibility ADRC for Family Care and IRIS, provides options counseling; calculates initial IRIS individual budget Budget The feature of the IRIS program which enables IRIS participants to control how the Authority money in their individual IRIS budgets is spent Care Staff employed by MCOs to work with individual members; assist in developing Managers individual care plans; arrange services from provider agencies; assist with crises DHS Wisconsin Department of Health Services Employer The feature in the IRIS program which enables IRIS participants to decide who they Authority will receive their services from FC Family Care; Medicaid managed long-term support program administered by MCOs Fiscal Employment Agencies; money management/pays bills in IRIS; handles FEA payroll taxes for self-employed direct care workers The instrument DHS developed to establish eligibility for FC and IRIS; also used to Functional calculate initial IRIS individual budgets; only implemented by trained and certified Screen screeners ICAs IRIS Consultant Agencies; administers the IRIS program IDT Inter-disciplinary Care Management Team; includes member, social worker, nurse IRIS Include, Respect, I Self-direct; self-directed long-term support program IRIS Staff employed by ICAs to assist each IRIS participant in developing their individual Consultants IRIS plan, arrange for services, etc. LTC Long Term Care

MCOs Managed Care Organizations; manage and deliver Family Care services A funding partnership in which the federal government provides 60% of the cost of Medicaid WI’s LTC and other Medicaid services and health care and WI taxpayers pay 40% Adults with developmental disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, and frail Members elders served by Family Care MCOs Provided by the ADRC; helps individuals make the choice between Family Care and Options IRIS and choice of agencies within them; for people transitioning from current Counseling Dane system to new system and for new people entering system Provider The list of provider agencies which each MCO designates as the available sources Network of services for their members (different for each MCO) Family Care/IRIS Transition Terms and Glossary (2/20/2017)