- Case Management:
- MDCP: Creates budget annually
- CLASS: Monthly contact and Quarterly visits
- HCS: Monthly visits
- Nursing Services:
- MDCP: Respite – can be provided by an attendant or a nurse
- CLASS: Annual and post-hospital visit; limited on-going care nursing
- HCS: Monthly monitoring of medications, therapy prescriptions.
- Personal care:
- MDCP: Called Respite – can be provided by an attendant or a nurse
- CLASS: Called Habilitation – can be provided by an attendant.
- HCS: Called Supported Home Living – can be provided by an attendant
- Respite:
- MDCP: Direct care to an individual to provide a caregiver temporary relief from caregiving activities when the caregiver would usually perform such activities.
- CLASS:
- HCS:
- Day Habilitation
- Supported Employment
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Nutritional therapy
- Psychological/Behavioral therapy
- Adaptive Aids: A device that is needed to treat, rehabilitate, prevent or compensate for a condition that results in a disability or a loss of function and helps a person perform the activities of daily living or control the environment. (Limits/yr: MDCP $4,000; CLASS $10,000; HCS $)
- Dental service
- Minor Home Modifications: A physical change to an individual’s residence that is needed to prevent institutionalization or to support the most integrated setting for a person to remain in the community. Minor home modifications include Bathroom modifications, Doorway widening, and Ramps. (Limits/person: MDCP $7,500; CLASS $10,000; HCS $)
- Unlimited Prescriptions
- Transition Assistance Services: Services that pay for non-recurring, set-up expenses for essential items and services that allow people to transition from a nursing home to the community.
- Financial Management Services: Services that assist an individual or family with managing funds associated with self-directing respite and adjunct support services through the Consumer Directed Services option.
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