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PI-25-05: PRIORITY LEVEL ASSIGNMENT PROCESS & MANAGED INTAKE

The Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) is issuing this Program Instruction (PI) to provide Aging Service Access Points (ASAPs) with the requirement of Priority Level assessment thereby establishing standard data entry requirements for new Home Care program consumers at the point of Home Care Program Enrollment following the point of Intake. This PI also establishes the authority to enact a managed intake process at the point determined appropriate by AGE. 

PI-25-05: Priority Level Assignment Process & Managed Intake

ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME CARE PROGRAM FOR ADULT FOSTER CARE AND GROUP ADULT FOSTER CARE MEMBERS PI-23-02

PI 23-02 HC eligibility for AFC GAFC members 4.7.2023

Revised Cost Share Table for the Home Care Program 2023

2023 Home Care Cost Share PI 23-04 Final March 27 2023

Program Instruction (PI) 22-01 Provider Service Rates

PI 22-01 Provider Service Rates

PI-21-01: Cost-Share Program Instruction 2021

This Program Instruction (PI), number PI-21-01,  transmits the Financial Eligibility Guidelines that take effect on May 1, 2021 for the Home Care Program, and sets out the voluntary co-payment, cost sharing, and over-income co-payment schedules.

 

Cost-Share PI 2021 3.9.21 PDF

Revised Cost Share Table for the Home Care Program

This Program Instruction (PI) transmits the Financial Eligability Guidelines that take effect on Februry 1, 2014 for the Home Care Program, and sets out the voluntary co-payment, cost sharing, and Respite Care co-payment schedules. Please click the link below for the actual guide and schedule.

Download PI-14-02 Revised Cost Share Table for the Home Care Program

Requirements for Comprehensive Screening and Service Model Activities (CSSM)

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to issue requirements for Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the performance of Comprhensive Screening and Services Model (CSSM) program related activities. This Program Instruction requires all ASAPs to adopt a specified management and staffing model and protocols to perform CSSM-related activities.

Review of Pre-Admission Screen & Record Review - PASRR Requirements prior to Authorization of MAssHealth Pmt. of NF Services

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to clearly delineate the practice for PASRR documentation review by ASAP Clinical Assessment Eligability (CAE) staff when approving pre-admission and post admission assessments in NF. This is being presented in order to improve NF compliance with PASRR to prevent inappropriate NF admissions for those indivduals with a diagnosis of mental illness (MI), intellectual disability/mental retardation (ID, intellectual disability is the current preferred terminology) and/or developmental disability (DD). For full detail please click the link below.

Download PI-12-04 Review of Pre-Admission Screen + Record Review - PASRR Requirements prior to Authorization of MAssHealth Pmt. of NF Services

Retrospective Cinical Eligibility Determinations for Discharged & Deceased MassHealth Members

The Executive Office of Elder Affairs is issuing this Program Instruction (PI) to modify requirements for clinical eligability determinations for authorization of MassHealth payment of nursing facility services. This PI modifies instructions contained in PI-09-02. All other requirements of PI-09-02 not referenced in this PI remain in effect. For full details please click on the link below.

Download PI-11-10 Retrospective Cinical Eligibility Determinations for Discharged + Deceased MassHealth Members

Conditions for Certain Nursing Facility Approvals

The Executive Office of Elder Affairs is issuing this Program Instruction (PI) to clarify requirements regarding the ASAP's role in performing clinical eligability determinations for authorization of MassHealth payment for nursing facility services. This PI modifies instructions previously issued in PI-07-18 and the ASAP RFR section 9.4.1.5.b. Please click on the link below for full details.

Download PI-11-03 Conditions for Certain Nursing Facility Approvals

Nursing Facility Clinical Eligibility Assessments, Short Term Approval and Noticing Procedures

The purpose of this Program Instruction is to clarify the ASAP's role and responsibility in tracking and conducting clinical eligability assessments for MassHealth members/applicants completed before and after nursing facility adminission, and to issue relevant notices to members/applicants. Any other previously issued instructuions, regardless of the format, are hereby rendered obsolete and replaced by the contents of this PI. Please click on the link below for the details.

Download PI-09-05 Nursing Facility Clinical Eligibility Assessments, Short Term Approval + Noticing Procedures