Technology Assisted (TA) Waiver:

The Technology Assisted (TA) waiver provides services to individuals ages 0 through 21 years who are chronically ill or medically fragile and dependent upon a ventilator or medical device to compensate for the loss of vital bodily function. Eligible individuals require substantial and ongoing daily care by a nurse comparable to the level of care provided in a hospital setting to avert death or further disability.

Eligibility:

To be eligible for the TA waiver, an individual must meet the following criteria:
1. Be between 0 and 21 years of age;

2.Meet the HCBS Technology Assisted Program definition;

3. Require one or more of the identified primary medical technology(ies) and meet the minimum technology score for the specified age group;

4. Meet the minimum nursing acuity level of care threshold for the specified age group;

5. Be financially eligible for Medicaid.

Services:

Below are the services you may qualify for on the TA waiver. Your final services will be determined by you and your Managed Care Organization (MCO) and will be based on your assessed needs.

1. Health Maintenance Monitoring - Health Maintenance Monitoring allows for regularly scheduled nursing visits to check a person’s health status and monitor for changes in health and wellbeing.

2. Home Modification - Home Modification provides modifications or adaptations to a person’s home through tangible equipment or hardware, such as adaptive equipment or environmental modifications.

3. Financial Management Services - Financial Management Service (FMS) provides administrative and payroll services for people who choose to self-direct some or all of their services. FMS provides payroll, payment, reporting services, employer orientation, skills training, and other fiscal-related/administrative services to participant-employers.

4. Intermittent Intensive Medical Care - Intermittent Intensive Medical Care provides people using personal care services with nursing services to meet specific skilled nursing care needs.

5. Personal Care Services - Personal Care Services (PCS) provides supervision and/or physical assistance with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and activities of daily living (ADLs), health maintenance activities, and in some cases socialization/recreation. *This is the only TA Waiver service that can be self-directed. All other services on this waiver must be agency-directed (see page 6 of this packet for explanation of self-directed vs agency-directed services).

6. Medical Respite - Medical Respite is a temporary service provided on an intermittent basis to provide the beneficiary’s family short, specified periods of relief.

7. Specialized Medical Care - Specialized Medical Care (SMC) provides long-term Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse support for people who are medically fragile and technology-dependent. (Only if parent is a Registered Nurse and meets specific criteria can they be the SMC provider. If this applies to your situation, talk to your MCO about the specific criteria that must be met.)