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23 Miss. Admin. Code Part 208, Rule 1.6 - Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Long Term Care: Personal Care Services (Elderly & Disabled Waiver)

MississippiregulationMississippi Division of Medicaid· effective 2023-09-01

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The provider must furnish waiver case management through a two-person team that includes a registered nurse (and a licensed social worker) who conduct quarterly face-to-face visits with the beneficiary. (23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)(23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)
  • 2The provider must have the PCA supervisor perform supervised direct monitoring visits in the beneficiary's home while the PCA staff is on-site. (23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)(23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)
  • 3The provider must have the PCA supervisor perform supervised in-home visits alternating on a biweekly basis with unsupervised visits, which may be conducted in the person's home or by phone. (23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)(23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)
  • 4The provider must have the PCA supervisor make home visits with PCAs to observe and evaluate job performance. (23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)(23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)
  • 5The provider must ensure each PCA supervisor supervises no more than twenty (20) full-time personal care attendants. (23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)(23 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 208, R. 1.6)

Applies to: personal care / home and community based services (HCBS)

Under Mississippi's E&D HCBS Waiver, Personal Care Services are non-medical supports delivered by trained personal care attendants (PCAs). Rule 1.6 requires PCA supervisors to limit caseloads, make home visits with PCAs to observe performance, and perform alternating supervised in-home and unsupervised (in-home or phone) monitoring visits on a biweekly basis. Case management for the waiver is provided by a two-person team including a registered nurse, who conduct quarterly face-to-face visits.

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