The Health and Human Services Commission meets in December to set rates for nursing services in the MDCP program. Planned for an effective February 1 date, DADS hopes to announce that MDCP CDS clients will be able to hire and their own RNs and LVNs.

The CDS agency will process the payroll. Individuals who choose this route will need to maintain a relationship with a home care agency, as the agency will need to conduct quarterly supervisory visits. Any LVNs working will have to be supervised by an RN. 

When guidelines are published we will send notices out to all MDCP clients. As mentioned above, DADS is planning to make this effective in February of next year, but with type of complex addition to the array of services for MDCP, it would not be surprising to have a delay.   Nursing services became available to CBA clients in September 2008.