Missouri's Guide to Home and Community Based Services

AIDS WAIVER

FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY:

• Medicaid Eligible

FUNCTIONAL ABILITY:

• Diagnosed with AIDS or HIV-related illness

SERVICES:

• Private Duty Nursing Services
• Waiver Attendant Care
• Personal Care Services
• Supplies (limited to diapers, under pads, and gloves)

The AIDS Waiver provides medically oriented in-home services to eligible Medicaid recipients with diagnoses of AIDS or HIV-related illnesses if they have needs that otherwise require hospital care. A functional assessment is completed by service coordinators from local health departments and community-based organizations contracted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention Services. Coordination staff determine eligibility for both State Plan personal care and AIDS Waiver services.

To prove cost effectiveness, the service coordinators must demonstrate periodically that the cost of home and community based service for each recipient does not exceed the cost of the institutional care.

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