Building Meaningful Lives for Extraordinary People.

The mission of the Virginia Network of Private Providers is to strengthen the system of services for individuals with behavioral health issues, addictions, or developmental disabilities through advocacy for the individuals we support, strong communication and support of member organizations and representation of their interest in all forums.

About VNPP

CMS Has Released New Direction on the Access Rule

October 11, 2026

Since CMS began talking about setting standards to ensure access to services (by setting standards for payment for direct care staff) in 2022/23, the proposal for “Payment Adequacy and Transparency” has thought to mitigate the direct dare workforce shortages by requiring that “at least 80% of Medicaid payments in a state for homemaker, home health […]

DBHDS Board Action on Amended Regulations

October 07, 2026

The draft (until they are approved by the DBHDS Board at their next meeting) minutes from the September Board Meeting have been posted along with the written comment presented to the Board by Colleen Miller of dCLV. Rather than describe them here, I have attached the relevant sections for your review. Regulatory Affairs Report dCLV […]

Emergency Medical Simulations – Update!

September 29, 2026

The DBHDS Board approved with some changes the proposed regulations (for both children’s residential and adult services) at their meeting on September 23rd. These regulations are to be in effect, without comment, by 1 December – they are posted below. This does not imply that you must be ready with policies in place, or schedules […]

Medicaid Eligibility Changes from HR 1 Explained!

September 24, 2026

Presentation by DMAS to the Joint Commission on Health Care First, kudos to Sara Cariano from DMAS who did a masterful job of putting a very complex issue into understandable terms! And also to Delegate Cia Price, whose comment about feeling like she was back in the first day of Calculus II, made us all […]

Membership

VNPP represents the interests and concerns of its members at a wide variety of meetings, committees and commissions. These gatherings are convened either by the Executive or Legislative Branch of state government or by one of the other organizations representing public providers or advocacy groups.

With regular Member’s calls, conferences, and opportunities to network and find support with your peers, you can help make a difference in improving the support systems.

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