The Bureau for Medical Services Offers the following in-home and out-of-home nursing services to members who are medically eligible for the services:
Home Health
Home Health provides medically necessary and appropriate services such as skilled nursing, home health aide, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, other therapeutic services, and nutritional services to persons in their place of residence on a part-time or intermitted basis. These services are provided by a Medicaid enrolled home health agency. For more information contact Program Manager, Miranda Walker at 304-352-4221.
Home Health Program Policy and Forms
Home Health Program Contact Information
Home Health Program Member/Provider Info
Hospice
Hospice Service provides a continuum of home and inpatient care for the terminally ill patient and family and/or significant other. The program provides palliative and supportive care to meet the special needs arising out of the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and economic stresses which are experienced during the final stages of illness, and during dying and bereavement. For more information contact Program Manager, Miranda Walker 304-352-4221.
Hospice Program Policy and Forms
Hospice Program Contact Information
Private Duty Nursing
Private Duty Nursing is face-to-face skilled nursing that is more individualized and continuous than the nursing that is available under home health benefit or routinely provided at a hospital or nursing facility. Private Duty Nursing is considered supportive to the care provided to an individual by the individuals family, fosters parents, and/or delegated caregivers. For more information contact Program Manager, Miranda Walker 304-352-4221.
Private Duty Nursing Program Policy and Forms
Private Duty Nursing Program Contact Information
Private Duty Nursing Program Approved Private Duty Nursing Agencies
Private Duty Nursing Program Member/Provider Info
