The registration links for the October 23 & 24, 2024 HCBS Provider Update Meetings have been added to the MMAC website – Update Meeting webpage Provider Update Meetings.

If you are a Designated Manager (DM) for an in-home or a certified CDS Manager for consumer directed services provider, you are required to attend one of these sessions each year in order to maintain your certification.  The registration form has been updated due to MMAC having over 20,000+ DMs and 1000+ CDS Managers.  Please indicate on the form if you are DM or CDS Manager and the last four digits of SSN to make sure credit of attendance is indicated to the correct person.

3RD ROUND TESTING FOR THOSE WHO MISSIED OR DIDN’T PASS THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS, NEW CDS PROVIDERS APRIL/MAY – CONSUMER DIRECTED SERVICES (CDS) MANAGER REQUIREMENT – PER 19 CSR 15-8.400(1)D

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Per the updated CDS regulation (19 CSR 15-8.400(1)(D), all CDS providers are required to have a Certified CDS Manager.  Please see the original FROM THE DIRECTOR notification https://mmac.mo.gov/cds-manager-testing/  posted to the MMAC website on March 8, 2024.

No GRANDFATHERING – ALL CDS providers MUST HAVE a Certified CDS MANAGER who has passed this test.  If you or one of your employees has attended the CDS Orientation or passed and/or is currently an In-Home Services Designated Manager – neither of these will apply nor be used for passing the Certified CDS Manager test. ANY PAST TRAININS WILL NOT APPLY TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.

For those who did not attend or pass the first or second round of testing or newly enrolled April/May 2024:

• The ONE person who will be the CDS Manager will be allowed to sign up to take the test
• Register for ONLY ONE of the test dates below that best fits your schedule
• Registration links will be emailed to the providers – DO NOT share the link with anyone else

DO NOT register for all three dates or register more than one person, additional registrations will be rejected. The schedule below is based on currently enrolled CDS providers as of March 2024 who did not make it through the first round of testing.  Mark your calendars for the dates based on your NPI.

Test Dates

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Emails with the link to register will go out to those CDS providers not compliant or newly enrolled on Monday, June 10, 2024.  An email with the registration link will be sent to the business email on file with MMAC/MO HealthNet the week before the scheduled test date

First and second rounds had some issues with registration and emails, please refer to the WebEx Instruction link for tips and tricks regarding registration and confirmation emails.  Registration Instructions: https://mmac.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/01/CDS-Webinar-Instructions.pdf

The virtual testing sessions will start at 9:00 am, please allow 4 hours (1 hour presentation – reason for testing, current trends, quick break, overview of how the test will look, open book material and 3 hours for the test).

Open Book Materials for test: https://mmac.mo.gov/providers/provider-enrollment/home-and-community-based-services/open-book-dm-testing-materials/

Questions regarding the CDS Manager Test can be sent to MMAC.IHSCONTRACTS@DSS.MO.GOV