INDIANA ELIGIBILITY MODERNIZATION

Voluntary Community Assistance Network (V-CAN)

When applicants/clients contact the Call Center, calls are answered and routed by using the following structure:

oTier 1 Call Center Representatives answer general questions and process changes (i.e.,

household, employment, address and phone number changes).

oTier 2 Call Center Representatives answer more technical questions (i.e., questions about letters or notices).

oProblem Resolution Team (PRT) Representatives answer case-specific questions. If a case- specific question needs more clarification, the PRT Representatives may transfer calls to the Specialist group.

oSpecialists focusing on Medicaid Waiver, Nursing Home, Disability, Aging and Refugee cases are available for case-specific inquiries. To contact one of the Specialist groups, clients and Authorized Representatives may leave a message with a PRT Representative (and a Specialist will return the call).

Figure 11: Call Center Structure

TIER 2

SPECIALISTS

Call Center Representatives

(Waiver, Aging,

(Letters and Notices)

Nursing Home,

Refugee & Disability)

 

PROBLEM RESOLUTION TEAM

Call Center Representatives

(Case-specific Questions)

TIER 1

Call Center Representatives

(General Questions and processing of changes)

3.1.6Call Center Main Menu (After-Hours Automated System)

The following main menu options are available when using the after-hours Call Center Automated System:

1.Find a Local DFR Office

2.Check Case Status

3.Report a Change (leave a message with address, income or household changes)

4.Listen to Frequently Asked Questions regarding:

1.Programs (Food Stamps, Cash Assistance (TANF), Medicaid, Hoosier Healthwise, Medicaid for nursing home care, IMPACT)

2.Reporting Changes

3.Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Questions

4.Fraud

5.FSSA Service Center mailing address/FAX number

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vcan@us.ibm.com

 

 

 

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IBM V-CAN manual Tier Specialists, Call Center Main Menu After-Hours Automated System

V-CAN specifications

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