What's New in Home Care

Legislative Updates

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:

EMA (Emergency Medical Assistance) will no longer cover home care. READ MORE>>

 

On Oct. 26, 2011, the Second Judicial District Court issued a temporary restraining order about PCA Relative Caregiver payment rates.

Until the Department of Human Services is ordered to do otherwise, Minnesota Health Care Programs will pay PCA relative caregiver claims at the same rate as the non-relative caregiver rate. This is for any PCA claims submitted on or after Oct. 26, 2011, for dates of services on or after Oct. 1, 2011.
 
Providers must continue to identify and document the individual PCA provider relationship with each recipient for whom they provide service.
 
* Complete the Individual PCA Relationship Acknowledgement DHS-6426 (PDF) form and keep in your agency files and the recipient health service record
 
* Identify the relationship on the PCA Time and Activity Documentation DHS-4691 (PDF) each pay period and keep in your agency files
 
* Report relationship information on claims submitted for PCA services per instruction in MHCP Provider Update PCA-11-02R
 

In the event that the Court ultimately upholds the PCA Relative Caregiver payment rates, DHS may recover any overpayments from providers.

 

IMPORTANT PCA PROVIDER UPDATES

 

Personal Care Assistance Agencies may attend the Steps for Success workshop either in person or through their own internet connection, as a webinar session.

Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) now requires all individual personal care assistance providers (PCAs) to register for and pass a one-time individualized Personal Care Assistance training- online test.

Click the link below to be re-directed to the DHS PCA training modules:

http://registrations.dhs.state.mn.us/PCACourse/index_en.htm

Click the link below be re-directed to the DHS website for registration:

http://registrations.dhs.state.mn.us/videoConf/Default.aspx?BusinessUnitID=16

See MN DHS website for more details!

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