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Provider Notice Issued 04/30/2021
Date: April 30, 2021
To: Enrolled Transportation Providers
Re: Safety Training Certification Providers
All providers of non-emergency medicar and service cartransportation are required uPageContent
nder Public Act 95-501 and Administrative Code 89 Ill. Adm. Code 140.490(f) to certify that all drivers andemployee attendants have completed safety training certification every threeyears. Medicar and service car providers receiving federal funding under 49U.S.C. 5307 or 5311 are not subject to the safety training programcertification requirement during the period of federal funding. Documentationof the federal funding period must be made available to the Illinois Departmentof Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) upon request.
The current list of State of Illinois Medicaid approved safety training providers is on the HFS website and is shown below:
Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
CTAA provides classroom training at the provider’s facilities for a fee. Specific details areagreed upon between the trainer and provider.
Contact Information: Len Cahill, Trainingand Certification Manager
Phone: 202-415-9653 or800-891-0590, ext. 705
Email: training@ctaa.org
Classroom training is availableat the following Chicago locations: Moraine Valley Community College, PalosHills, Illinois and Triton College, River Grove, Illinois.
Medicarsafety.com Inc. provides alternate classroom availability throughout thegreater Chicago area and for those who are unable to travel to a fixedclassroom location, the option of their trainers traveling to the provider’slocation for training services. Training Program content may be viewed at: MedicarSafety.com.
Contact Information: Jimmie Hamp
E-mail: Jimmie Hamp or service@medicarsafety.com
Business telephone: 773-726-3466
Illinois Rural Transit Assistance Center at WesternIllinois University
Classroom sessions are offered throughout Illinois. RuralTransit Assistance Center trainers will come directly to the provider’sfacilities for a fee. Specific details are agreed upon between the trainer andprovider.
Contact Information: Mable Kreps
E-mail: MR-kreps@wiu.edu
Telephone: 1-800-526-9943
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Classroom training is availableat the following locations: JohnA Logan College, Lewis & Clark Community College, Oakton Community Collegeand College of DuPage. SIU Carbondale can provideinformation on Illinois Community Colleges throughout the state that offerclassroom sessions for drivers and attendants.
Contact Information: Jackie Welch, Coordinator
Conference and Scheduling Services
Mail Code 6705
Southern Illinois University
1255 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone: 618-536-7751
Fax: 618-453-5680
E-mail: jackiew@siu.edu
Questions regarding this notice may be directed to theBureau of Professional and Ancillary Services at 877-782-5565 forfee-for-service issues, or to the applicable HealthChoice Illinois managed careplan.
Kelly Cunningham,Administrator
Division of Medical Programs