Section 29-5105. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

 

5105.1A Medicaid recipient who meets the following qualifications is eligible to receive home health aide services:

 

(a)The Medicaid recipient has received an initial assessment in which the recipient is determined to have functional limitations in one or more activities of daily living;

 

(b)The Medicaid recipient is currently receiving skilled nursing care, physical or occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology services; and

 

(c)The physician or other appropriate health care professional, after evaluation of the Medicaid recipient, has an expectation that the medical, nursing and social needs can be safely, adequately and appropriately met in the recipient's home.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3957 (May 23, 2003).