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Dear Sue, I do not agree, Sue. I still contest the 74 hour assessment by Tammy. It is a 19% cut in PCA hours. My income is too low to pay privately for the removed hours. She also forgot to assign, in the actual evaluation of me, weekly hours to at least two categories of ADL's. It is an] assesssment with errors, done under duress, inconsistent with my established pattern of of need. My attorneys and I never agreed to the 74 hours. The so-called "90% rule" cut me from 91 to 63 "daytime"hours. My need ,adding in 14 hours per week, was assessed at 105 hours for three years in a row, starting in 1998, by Kathy Adams. It was confirmed at 105 by Kevin Concannon, following a year of hearings and arguments, as recommended by Ronald Stoodley, on September 10, 2001. The cut to 63, or 63.5 hours, ignores my medical needs, as well as the need, in similar cases, of other Alpha One consumers. The so-called "90% rule" violated my estabilshed level of need. For me, it was a slash and burn, 28 hours per week, 4 hours a day gouging of my hours used in 1998, 1999, 2000,200l, and 2002. It is a 31% cut in PCA "daytime" hours. Who will pay for my lost hours? I have to believe that Alpha One is more compassionate to lower income consumers. Sue, you have NEVER assessed me. I have no reason to accept you as knowlegeable enough about my personal medical condition . Tammy's "compromise" assessment came just 3 days after you intended to cut me, under instructions from Mollie Baldwin, to 63 hours, but you left when you informed me that it did not matter how you assessed me, you would be cutting me anyway to 63 hours!! Ivan 2 Jul 2002 09:22:07 -0400 "Sue Grant" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Ivan, as a follow up to the mailing that we recently sent out to PCA > consumers, as of 7/1/02 you are eligible to bill for up 74 daytime > hours per week and 14 hours at night. This increase represents the > hours that were documented as your existing personal care needs > during your last reassessment in December of 2001 and also > represents a removal of the 90% rule. As mentioned in my last > email, you are only eligible to bill up to 63.5 daytime hours prior > to 7/1/02. > > Please contact me by email if you have any questions. > > Sue Grant, OTR/L > Independent Living Specialist ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn