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Supportive Living Program Quality Metrics Process
Illinois Medicaid - HFS·IL · Geriatrics·Provider Notice
Effective date
Jul 28, 2025
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has updated the Quality Metrics Process for Supportive Living Program (SLP) providers, establishing quarterly reporting requirements for staffing hours, unplanned hospitalizations, and emergency room visits. Non-compliance will result in suspension of the $2.75 quality add-on payment with no retroactive restoration once reinstated.
Action Required
SLP providers must submit quarterly Quality Metrics reporting templates by specified deadlines (Q3 data due 3/15, Q4 data due 6/15, Q1 data due 9/15, Q2 data due 12/15). Upload completed Excel templates to HFS SLP web portal including staffing hours per resident, unplanned hospitalizations, and emergency room visits data. Failure to submit by deadlines will result in suspension of $2.75 quality add-on payment for the following quarter.