Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 127 - Community First Choice Personal Care Services
7 AAC 127.040 - Community First Choice covered services

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 7 AAC 127.040

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) The department will pay a Community First Choice provider agency for the following services for individuals eligible under 7 AAC 127.025, if those services are provided in accordance with this chapter:

(1) personal emergency response services under 7 AAC 127.085;

(2) Community First Choice personal care services, including
(A) physical assistance with services as specified in 7 AAC 125.030(b) - (d);

(B) supervision and cueing assistance with the ADLs and lADLs specified in 7 AAC 125.030(b) and (c) for a recipient who requires assistance based on behavior or cognitive scoring on the CAT assessment as indicated in the Community First Choice Personal Care Services: Service Level Computation, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900(d); and

(C) acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of skills necessary for the recipient to accomplish the activities in 7 AAC 125.030(b) - (d); the recipient may request time for training to enable the recipient to perform independently the ADLs, I ADLs, and other services identified in the recipient's Community First Choice service level authorization; and.

(3) chore services under 7 AAC 127.087.

(b) The department may approve time for the training described in (a)(2)(C) of this section only once in a recipient's lifetime for a period not to exceed three months, if the training is requested in the recipient's support plan. If approved, the training

(1) will be limited to not more than three percent of the recipient's total number of hours authorized in the recipient's service level authorization for Community First Choice personal care services; and

(2) may not duplicate other habilitation services under 7 AAC 130.260 or 7 AAC 130.265 approved by the department in the recipient's support plan.

(c) A recipient that is eligible for both Community First Choice chore services under 7 AAC 127.087 and assistance with IADLs under (a)(2) of this section must choose either to receive chore services or to have similar activities performed as Community First Choice personal care services.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.036

AS 47.07.040

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