Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-5-78

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 129-5-78 - Scope of and reimbursement for home-and community-based services for persons with traumatic brain injury

(a) The scope of allowable home- and community-based services (HCBS) for persons with traumatic brain injury shall consist of those services authorized by the applicable federally approved waiver to the Kansas medicaid state plan. Recipients of services provided pursuant to this waiver shall be required to show the capacity to make progress in their rehabilitation and independent living skills.

(b) The need for HCBS shall be determined by an individualized assessment of the prospective recipient by a provider enrolled in the program. HCBS shall be provided only in accordance with a plan of care written by a case manager.

(c) HCBS, which shall require prior authorization by the Kansas medicaid HCBS program manager, may include one or more of the following:

(1) Rehabilitation therapies, which may consist of any of the following:

(A) Occupational therapy;

(B) physical therapy;

(C) speech-language therapy;

(D) cognitive rehabilitation; or

(E) behavioral therapy;

(2) personal services;

(3) medical equipment, supplies, and home modification not otherwise covered under the Kansas medicaid state plan;

(4) sleep-cycle support services;

(5) a personal emergency response system and its installation; or

(6) provision of or education on transitional living skills.

(d) Case management services up to a maximum of 160 hours each calendar year, which may be exceeded only with prior authorization by the Kansas medicaid HCBS program manager, shall be provided to all HCBS recipients under the traumatic brain injury program.

(e) The fee allowed for home- and community-based services for persons with traumatic brain injury shall be the provider's usual and customary charges, except that no fee shall be paid in excess of the waiver's range maximum.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-5-78

Authorized by K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 75-7403 and 75-7412; implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 75-7405 and 75-7408; effective July 18, 2008; amended Oct. 16, 2009.