Home Care Services
Project Out s a temporary short-term Medicaid and state-funded intervention and assistance program that helps consumers overcome the barriers to living independently in the community.
Home Health is a Medicaid program that provides nursing or therapy services to persons in their homes under a physician's plan of care.
Hospice is a Medicaid program that provides care to terminally ill patients delivered in their home under a physician's order.
The contact person for these two programs is: Linda Flynn, Home Care Services Program Manager
Home and Community Based Service Waivers
Two Medicaid programs provide community services to Medicaid eligible persons that meet Nursing Home level of care and also meet both financial and medical eligibility. Linda Flynn is the contact person for these programs. If you would like to see the list of waiver service providers available in each county, please view the Waiver provider list. (See Waiver Resources below)
The two types of Home and Community Based Service waiver programs under the Home Care Services Unit are:
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Long-Term Care Home and Community Based Service Waiver
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Services under this waiver include the following:
Case Management: Assistance to identify an individual's needs; and to locate, coordinate and monitor social and medical services to meet the needs.
Personal Care: A certified nurse aide assigned to care for the client in the home, providing help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, meal preparation, and grocery shopping.
Respite Care: Care that is provided for a short period of time to relieve a regular care-giver. If the care is provided in the home it is provided by a certified nurse aide.
Home delivered meals: One or two meals delivered to a client's home or to a day care facility on a scheduled basis.
Personal emergency response system: An electronic alarm system that a client wears which summons help in an emergency.
Non-Medical transportation: Transportation service provided to non-medical activities that cannot be arranged by any other means.
Adult Day Care: A structured program in a licensed setting that provides a variety of health, social, and related support services for part of the day, but less than 24 hour care.
Skilled Nursing: Services which are within the scope of Wyoming's Nurse Practice Act that will prevent institutionalization and are not covered by home health.
Consumer Directed Care Option: This option allows qualified waiver participants to obtain, hire and fire their own personal care attendant. With this option the client serves as the employer of their own personal care attendant. Services under this option are:
Care Coordination: Under this option, this service replaces case management.
Self Help Assistant: Under this option, this service replaces personal care.
Fiscal Management: Fiscal management services provides payroll and tax reporting activities for the Self Help Assistant.
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Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Service Waiver
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Services under this waiver include the following:
Case Management: Assistance to identify an individual's needs; and to locate, coordinate, and monitor social and medical services to meet the needs.
Daily Care: Assisted living facilities receive a daily rate at one of three levels of reimbursement which are based on a client's LT101 score.
* ELIGIBILITY IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE HOME CARE SERVICES OFFICE . Please contact your local Department of Family Services (DFS) to find out the eligibility requirements for this program. DFS Office Locater
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Waiver Resources
ALF/LTC Waiver Program Application Packet - This link takes you to the Assisted Living Facility/Long Term Care Waiver Program application page. It provides an application and information to submit to the ALF or LTC waiver programs for consideration.
Assisted Living Facility Waiver Provider List - This is a list of all Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Service Waiver Providers. It includes where they are located (with their full address), pertinent numbers, and services each provider provides.
LTC Waiver Newsletter Index - The Home and Community Based Service waivers puts out a monthly newsletter. This is an index of articles in all the past newsletters.
LTC Waiver Provider List - This is a list of all Long Term Care Home and Community Based Service Waiver Providers. It includes where they are located (with their full address), pertinent numbers, and services each provider provides.
Waiver Waiting List policy - This is the written policy outlining the wait list process. The form is also included to update the waiver staff on the status of a client on the waiting list.
Waiver Forms Order Form - the form used to order LTC and ALF Forms through the Waiver Program. Paper plans and LT101s are ordered through the Fiscal Agent, ACS, a Xerox Company.
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Medicaid Service Liaisons
Linda Flynn, Home Care Services Program Manager - Phone: (307) 777-7366 Email: linda.flynn@wyo.gov . This position manages the Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Service waivers, Medicaid Home Health, and Hospice.
Tammy Arnold, Health Program Specialist - Phone: (307) 777-8230 Email: tammy.arnold@wyo.gov. This position manages the Nursing Facility Transition (Project Out) program and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). she can provide assistance with the Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Service waivers.
Colleen Noon, Quality Analyst and Technical Specialist - Phone: (307) 777-7861 Email: colleen.noon@wyo.gov . Colleen Noon oversees the Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Service waivers quality assurance program. She also provides statistical and customer technical support for the Home Care Service programs.
Daphne Filbert, RN, Clinical Manager for Long Term Care- Phone: (307) 777-1913. Email: daphne.filbert@wyo.gov. The Clinical Manager manages the LT101 assessment process. The LT101 is Wyoming Medicaid’s Assessment of Medical Necessity for the following long term care programs: Nursing Home, Long Term Care Home and Community Based Services Waiver, and Assisted Living Facility Home and Community Based Waiver. She is the contact person for any questions or concerns related to the LT-101 assessment process.