Persons needing long-term home and community care



AZ | CA | DE | DC | HIBH | KS | KY | ME | MD | MN
 MO | MT | NEBH | NM | ND | OH | PA | SC | TN | VA



AZ

"6.  ENROLLMENT AND DISENROLLMENT...
Eligibility for the various AHCCCS coverage groups is determined by one of the following agencies: …
AHCCCSA
AHCCCSA determines eligibility for the SSI/MAO groups, including...The Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS)..."  Arizona Contract, page 18.

CA

"ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS...
CC. Eligible Beneficiary means any Medi-Cal beneficiary who is residing in Contractor's Service Area with one of the following aid codes... with the following exclusions: ...

2. Individuals who elect and are accepted to participate in the following Medi-Cal waiver programs:  In-Home Medical Care Waiver Program, the Skilled Nursing Facility Waiver Program, the Model Waiver Program...

3. Individuals determined by the Medi-Cal Field Office to be in need of long term care and residing in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) for 30 days past the month of admission…"  California Contract, page 6.

DE

"1.3  Contracting Agency Background...
(a) Pregnant women and infants less than one (1) year to one hundred and eighty five-percent (185) of the FPL...
(f)  Persons who require institutional long-term care services are eligible if their incomes are below two hundred and fifty (250) percent of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Federal Benefit Rate

Under the Diamond State Health Plan, all adults at or below one hundred (100) percent of the FPL would be eligible for those services in the basic benefits package. Adults at or below one hundred (100) percent of the FPL who are not included within categories (a) through (f) above will be referred to as the ‘expansion population.’...

Delaware Medicaid operates three additional waivers, an AIDS waiver and other home and community-based waivers. Participants in these waivers are excluded from the DHSSHP. Delaware does not have a Medically Needy Program."  Delaware RFP, pages I.2-I.4.

DC

"G.  ENROLLMENT, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH
  1.  Classes of person eligible for enrollment...
  b.  Individuals who meet the requirements of paragraph 'a' of this section and are included in one or more of the following categories, are excluded from enrollment under this contract: ...
  (5)  residents of a long-term care facility (nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, residential treatment center, Hospital for Sick Children, and mental institution)."  District of Columbia Contract, pages 15-16.

HIBH

"20.500 HCFA Contingency...
ABD members who will remain in Medicaid's fee-for-service program and will NOT be enrolled into QUEST include persons who:…2) are waitlisted in hospitals for nursing facility bed placement…"  Hawaii Behavioral Health RFP, page 7.

"40.110  Basic Criteria
All members must meet the following basic eligibility criteria:
•  Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien
•  Intend to reside in the State of Hawaii
•  Provide a verified Social Security Number (SSN)
•  Not reside in a public institution, including correctional facilities and the Hawaii State Hospital

40.200  QUEST Eligibility...

40.230  Categorical Requirements...
ABD participants residing in nursing facilities, are waitlisted in hospitals for nursing facility bed placement…will be excluded from the QUEST program and remain in fee-for-service…"  Hawaii Behavioral Health RFP, page 36.

KS

"A.  DETERMINE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY...
Beneficiaries Excluded From the Contract
The following categories of TAF and PLE Medicaid beneficiaries are excluded from receiving services under this contract: …
•  Beneficiaries enrolled in any Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program…"  Kansas Contract, pages 40-41.

KY

"VI.  ENROLLMENT AND DISENROLLMENT
A.  Eligibility
  The Contractor shall follow eligibility procedures and requirements in accordance with Sections 7.10.1 through 7.10.6 and Attachment X of the RFA…"  Kentucky Contract, page 25.

"Listed below are categories of Medicaid recipients who are not eligible to enroll in the Partnership's Network: ...
  Individuals served under the alternate intermediate services, mental retardation or developmental disabilities (AIS-MR-DD), home and community-based, or other Medicaid waivers."  Kentucky RFA, Attachment X, page 95.

ME

"II.  DEFINITIONS.
A.  The following terms used in this Contract shall be interpreted as defined herein, except to the extent that the context may clearly require otherwise: …

25.  Excluded Recipients are Medicaid recipients who are not in the target population because they fall within one of the following exclusions:
b.  recipients covered under home and community-based waivers, specifically those for mental retardation, the aged, and the disabled..."  Maine Contract, pages 2, 5.

MD

"Chapter 63  Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Program:  Eligibility and Enrollment
.01  Eligibility...
B.  A recipient is not eligible for the Maryland Medicaid Managed Care Program if the recipient:
(1)  Has been, or is expected to be, continuously institutionalized for more than 30 successive days in:
 (a)  A long-term care facility, or
 (b)  An IMD…"  Maryland COMAR 10.09.63.01.

MN

"Section 3.1.1.  Eligibility…
C.  Eligibility Determinations for MA and GAMC. Eligibility for MA and GAMC and eligibility for participation in PMAP and PGAMC will be determined by the Local Agency. All persons who receive MA or GAMC and reside in the Service Area will participate in PMAP or PGAMC, except for Recipients who are members of the following MA and GAMC populations...

5)  MA and GAMC Recipients who are residents of state institutions, unless the placement has been approved by the HEALTH PLAN."  Minnesota Contract, page 17.

MO

"1.7.2  Not Covered Under the Managed Care Plan: ...
 c.  Individuals eligible under ME Code 41 (MA ICF-MR Poverty) residing in a State Mental Institution or an Intermediate Care facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR)."  Missouri RFP, page 16.

MT

"ELIGIBLE GROUPS
The eligibility subtypes targeted for the HMO program are: ...
RECIPIENTS of home and community-based waiver services for the developmentally disabled

People in these subtypes are not eligible to enroll in HMOs if they have...are in a nursing home...are RECIPIENTS of home and community based waiver services for the aged or disabled…"  Montana Contract, Attachment 4, page 63.

NEBH

"9.2.5  Excluded Clients: The following clients are excluded from the NHC (based on the information known to the HHS eligibility system): ...
(h) Clients receiving services through the following home and community-based waivers pursuant to Title 480 NAC for:
   (1)  Adults with mental retardation or related conditions;
   (2)  Aged persons or adults or children with disabilities;
   (3)  Children with mental retardation and their families;
   (4)  Infants and toddlers with disabilities (also known as the Early Intervention Waiver);
   (5)  Clients receiving Developmental Disability Targeted Case Management Services; and
   (6)  Any other group for whom the Department has received approval of a 1915(c) waiver of the Social Security Act…"  Nebraska Behavioral Health Contract, pages 33-34.

NM

"2.A.5.a.vi  Coordination With Waiver Programs.  The CONTRACTOR shall provide all covered benefits to members who are waiver participants.  There are four home and community-based waiver programs..."  New Mexico Contract, page 16.

ND

"ATTACHMENT F:  ELIGIBLE GROUPS...
2.  Individuals in the aid categories and subcategories are not eligible to enroll in the HMO if: ...
D.  They are recipients of home and community-based waivered services for the elderly or the disabled."  North Dakota Contract, Attachment F, page 1.

OH

"5101:3-26-03  Managed care plan:  Covered services...
(I)  Exclusions, limitations and clarifications.
(1)  When an MCP enrollee has been found by ODHS to meet the criteria for either a... home and community-based waiver program ADMINISTERED BY ODHS, ODMR-DD, or ODA, ODHS will disenroll the enrollee from the MCP effective on the last day of the month prior to the placement, pursuant to procedures specified by ODHS.  ENROLLEES WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH DISENROLLMENT IF THEY ARE PLACED IN A NF FOR A SHORT-TERM REHABILITATIVE STAY AS DETERMINED BY ODHS."  Ohio RFP, Appendix E, OAC 5101:3-26-03, pages 1-2.

**Note:  NF refers to a nursing facility

PA

"H.  Coordination with Out-of-Plan Services
11. The Home and Community Based Waiver Program for Nursing Facility Residents With Other Related Conditions (OSP/OBRA Waiver)

The Department's Office of Social Programs currently operates a Home and Community Based Waiver which provides services to inappropriately placed nursing facility and special rehabilitation facility residents with other related conditions who need specialized services...

MA recipients receiving these home and community based services through the OSP/OBRA Waiver may be enrolled in the HealthChoices Program. The HMO is responsible for providing medically necessary services to these individuals;
however,  all services covered under the OSP/OBRA Waiver are not the responsibility of the HMO.

12. The Home and Community Based Waiver Program for Attendant Care Services (OSP/AC Waiver)
The Department's Office of Social Programs currently operates a Home and Community Based Services Waiver which provides attendant care to mentally alert adults eighteen (18) through fifty-nine (59) years of age with physical disabilities who require nursing facility level of care but who choose to remain in their own  home or community living arrangement.

MA recipients receiving these home and community based services through the OSP/AC Waiver may be enrolled in the HealthChoices Program. The HMO is responsible for providing medically necessary services to these individuals; however, all services covered under the OSP/AC Waiver are not the responsibility of the HMO... "  Pennsylvania RFP, pages 51-63.

SC

"MARKETING, ENROLLMENT, AND MEMBER EDUCATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES...
*  HMO's should clearly state that this program is limited to certain Medicaid eligibles who:
 - are not in a nursing home...
 - are not Home and Community Based Waiver recipients;
 - are not Hospice recipients…"  South Carolina Contract, Appendix J, page 1.

TN

"2-3 Benefit/Service Requirements Limitations…
h.  Institutional Services and Alternatives to Institutional Services
  Long term care institutional services of a nursing home, a nursing facility for the mentally retarded or the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) alternative for these institutional services are not covered by this Agreement and shall remain the responsibility of TENNCARE.  Enrollees requiring long term care institutionalization or the HCBS alternative shall be eligible for participation in the plan for all covered services and such services shall be the CONTRACTOR's responsibility."  Tennessee Contract, pages 7-19.

VA

"D.  ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT...
1.  Medicaid and CMSIP Eligible Individuals Excluded from Medallion II
The Contractor shall cover all Medicaid and CMSIP eligible individuals, with the exception of individuals excluded from Medallion II, as defined in 12 VAC 30-120-370.  The Department shall exclude individuals meeting the exclusion criteria listed below: ...
d.  Individuals who are participating in Federal waiver programs for home and community-based Medicaid coverage…"  Virginia Contract, pages 21-22.