Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0037 - Medicaid
Chapter 45 - DD WAIVER PROVIDER STANDARDS, CERTIFICATION, AND SANCTIONS
Section 45-3 - General Provisions

(a) Except as otherwise specified in Chapter 1 of the Department of Health's Medicaid Rules, or as defined in this Section, the terminology used in this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning used in accounting, health care, Medicaid, and Medicare.

(b) "Case manager" means an individual who provides case management services, as established in Section 9 of this Chapter.

(c) "Corrective Action Plan", referred to previously as a quality improvement plan, means a step by step plan of action developed by the provider to achieve targeted outcomes for resolution of identified errors in an effort to eliminate repeated deficient practices.

(d) "Elopement" means the unexpected or unauthorized absence of a participant for more than is approved in the participant's individualized plan of care when that person is receiving waiver services, or the unexpected or unauthorized absence of any duration of a participant whose absence constitutes an immediate danger to themselves or others. This could be an unexpected participant action, which may not be intentional and may be due to wandering that is secondary to dementia.

(e) "Licensed Medical Professional" means a medical professional licensed to practice in the State of Wyoming and authorized to prescribe medication.

(f) "Relative" means a participant's biological, step, or adoptive parent(s).