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The MO HealthNet Division (MHD) is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The virus has been named "SARS-CoV-2" and the disease it causes has been named "coronavirus disease 2019" (abbreviated "COVID-19").

This is an update to guidance previously published on April 17, 2020.

Effective for dates of service on and after August 01, 2020, the following changes are made for health and welfare checks:

  • Up to five (5) hours or 20 units per month of currently authorized personal care units per participant may be utilized to complete health and welfare checks (units above the current authorization level are no longer approved).
  • Health and welfare checks are required to be billed under the participant’s current authorization for basic personal care procedure code: T1019 for Personal Care – Agency Model or T1019U2 for Personal Care – Consumer Directed Model.
  • Procedure codes T1019SC for Personal Care - Agency Model and T1019U2SC for Personal Care – Consumer Directed Model are no longer covered.