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Home‑care providers urge review of new private‑duty nursing policy; warn service cuts risk institutionalization
Summary
Private‑duty nursing providers asked the Senate Appropriations — Human Resources Division to direct Medicaid to review a recently implemented assessment tool and policy that reduced authorized home‑nursing hours for medically fragile clients, urging alignment with CMS EPSDT and Olmstead obligations.
Providers of private‑duty nursing told the Senate Appropriations — Human Resources Division that a new Medicaid assessment tool and policy implemented this year is reducing authorized hours for medically fragile children and adults, and they asked the committee to require an independent review to confirm compliance with federal rules.
Beverly Unrath, owner of Dakota Home Care, said the state’s new private duty nursing policy and assessment tools led to…
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