PARIS QUICK HITS SMALL EFFORTS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

PARIS Board of Directors Member Kristi Scheve

Representing the State of Kansas

PARIS Training Conference March 15, 2016

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

• What programs from your state are sent? – TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, Child Care (providers, too)

• How often are you participating? – Quarterly!

• Which matches do you request? – Request them all, even if you can’t work them all

each quarter

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HOW DO YOU WORK PARIS DATA ?

• Many states work PARIS differently • In some states, it is processed within a system

or manually by workers • There is no one way, no right or wrong way • Your options limited by ingenuity, resources,

policy, or administrative support

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OVERWHELMED BY PARIS?

• Previously discussed filtering • What can a small operation do with limited

resources? • What can a large operation do better? • Isolate small discrepancies in PARIS files that

will maximize efforts • Welcome other ideas and best practices

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PARIS INTERSTATE MATCH

• Are you matching quarterly? – Send in recipients, even if you don’t actively work – Encourage sister agencies to submit recipients

• Thoughtfully work your matches – Designing your approach so that you aren’t

working over other employees in your agency

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WORKING PARIS INTERSTATE SMARTER

• Isolate and work matches from 2+ states • Take a geographical approach

– Work matches from the state with most hits • Border vs. non-border states considerations

– Work states with the greatest distance from yours – Work states with high hits that are not close – Prioritize states in your region

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• Compare PARIS to EBT Out of State Usage Reports

• Sort by your case number (Position 120 to 129) – Be sure to work multiple household members in

same case

• Isolate cases that are currently open – Correct the ongoing case now to stop the bleeding

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WORKING PARIS INTERSTATE SMARTER

• Isolate matches of school aged children – Position 40-47 for DOB – Easy to verify where children are residing thru

contact with local schools

Caution … Not all schools will provide full disclosure Not all children are enrolled in public school

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WORKING PARIS INTERSTATE SMARTER

• Send requests for residency verification and close, if that isn’t submitted – Manually or Systematically

• Duplicate time overlap – Isolate and work longest duplicate time first – Shorter overlaps may indicate one state was slow

to close when the move occurred • Switch priorities around

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WORKING PARIS INTERSTATE SMARTER

PARIS VETERANS MATCH • Compare the income on the file to the income

on your system – Aid and Attendance/Unusual Medical Expenses

compensation is budgeted correctly – Utilize the State of Washington’s worksheet

• Compare the $90 recipients to the living arrangement you have on file – If no longer in a facility, contact customer to

pursue potential resource – If you have a Veterans Benefit Enhancement

Project, refer these as they are easy to address

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PARIS VETERANS MATCH • $0 Compensation

– May have not completed a review – Good ones to refer to your Veterans Benefit

Enhancement project, if you have one • % Disabled, 75-100% Veterans Health Services • Compare benefit address

– Your state or somewhere else? • Look at the Other Sources of Income

– Has that been reported/budgeted on your case?

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PARIS VETERANS MATCH

• Is the income direct deposited? – Cases with no reported resources, but finding

existing accounts

• Compare SSNs of Vietnam Era service members to your claims payment system diagnosis codes – Website of Agent Orange related illnesses

(http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/diseases.asp)

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PARIS FEDERAL MATCH

• Compare income amount to budgeted income • Scan the beneficiary’s address, “state” field

– Position 245-246 – Isolate matches from other states for inquiry

• Check the martial status on the file, does it match what you have on file

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PARIS FEDERAL MATCH

• Matches of Federal file need TPL explored – Majority retired with TPL eligible – Check the children for coverage on the parent’s

healthcare

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QUESTIONS?

Kristi Scheve

PARIS Board of Directors Representing State of Kansas

Kristi.Scheve@dcf.ks.gov

Phone: 785-296-6706

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