The most obvious enhancement to Illinois Watch is the menu page and the additional payment analyses.  We have revised this page so that when the Illinois Watch is selected from the gold navigation menu, the page opens to a menu which shows the analyses using the 2008 rules exclusively:

Additionally, all of these pages, and those using the 2006 rules, the "Original Rules Menu" now use the R2b date as the criteria for inclusion in the reports.  This includes the main tables, as well as all of the drill through reports.  Previously, the Assessment Reference Date (ARD/A3a) was used for this consideration.  The use of the R2b date follows the practices of the state of the Illinois and has been changed for consistency purposes.  This may result in some minor changes to the numbers you see in your reports.

You will also notice that the rest of the payment analyses reports for 2008 have been added to the Illinois Watch menu.  This includes the percentiles pages, alerts, and mental illness pages, among others.  These operate just as the 2006 rules pages, click on the link to open the report you wish to view and use the same standard processes you have used previously to generate your reports.  Please see "Help This Page" if you need assistance or feel free to contact us at 937-767-1885 or via email at Ask eHDs if you need further help.

To review historical data using the 2006 rules, click on the link titled, "Original Rules Menu" at the top right of the page.  This will open a new menu page with all of the links available which use the 2006 rules.  To return to the 2008 menu, click the link, "2008 Rules Menu."

Please do not hesitate to contact us at 937-767-1885 if you encounter any difficulties using these pages.