Effective with the issuance of this memo, DHCFP will directly notify DTA Central Office when DHCFP approves a rate change for an individual rest home. Central Office will be responsible to notify the appropriate TAO. This centralized notification procedure is designed to standardize the way DTA responds to requests for adjustments to clients’ EAEDC benefits due to a change in the rest home’s public per diem rate. Important: If contacted by a rest home with a request to adjust clients’ EAEDC benefits due to a rate change, the TAO must not change the rate or adjust the benefits, unless approved by Central Office. The TAO director or designee must contact their respective Regional Director. This Field Operations Memo: • outlines a new centralized notification procedure for when a rest home is approved for a per diem rate change by DHCFP; • provides instructions for the TAO Resource Coordinator for changing per diem rates in BEACON; and • provides instructions for recalculating EAEDC benefits as a result of a per diem rate change.