• Provider Information
  • Introduction
  • Scope of Services
  • Services Provided by Registered Nurses
    • Introduction
    • Supervision of Delegated Tasks
  • Services Provided by Licensed Practical Nurses
  • Classification of Nursing Services
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Certification Requirements
  • Requirements for Providing Ventilator-Dependent Services
    • Introduction
    • Demonstration Renewals
    • Age-Specific Requirements
  • Changes in Certification
• Rights and Responsibilities
  • Introduction
  • Universal Precautions
  • Unacceptable Practices
  • Fees Prohibited by Wisconsin Medicaid
  • Private Duty Nursing Requirements
  • Emergency and Back-Up Procedures
  • Verifying Recipient Eligibility
    • Introduction
    • Limited Benefit Categories
  • Distribution of Medicaid Information
  • Written Statement of Recipient Rights
  • Contracts with Recipient and/or Family
  • Terminating Service to a Recipient
  • Recipient Responsibilities
    • Arrangements with Nurses in Independent Practice
    • Scheduling Providers
    • Freedom from Liability for Covered Services
• Covered Services and Related Limitations
  • Introduction
  • Private Duty Nursing Benefit
  • Recipient Eligibility for Private Duty Nursing Services
    • Introduction
    • Ventilator-Dependent Recipients
    • Recipients Who Are Not Eligible for Private Duty Nursing Services
  • Hours of Care That Qualify as Private Duty Nursing Services
  • Private Duty Nursing Services Reimbursement Requirements
  • Place of Service for Private Duty Nursing Recipients
  • Providing Disposable Medical Supplies
  • Coordination Services for Ventilator-Dependent Recipients
    • Introduction
    • Documenting Coordination Services
    • Reimbursable Coordination Responsibilities
    • Change in Coordinators
  • Coordination Services for Recipients Not Ventilator-Dependent
    • Introduction
    • Coordination Services Documentation
    • Coordination Responsibilities
    • Change in Coordinators
  • Case Sharing
    • Introduction
    • Provider Responsibility
    • Case Sharing Documentation
  • Reimbursement Not Available
    • Introduction
    • Travel and Record-Keeping Time
• Documentation Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Required Information for Medical Record
    • Introduction
    • Physician Signature
  • Documentation Requirements of Supervising Nurses
  • Availability of Records to Others
    • Introduction
    • Record Maintenance After Termination as Wisconsin Medicaid Provider
• Plan of Care
  • Introduction
  • Plan of Care Documentation Methods
    • Introduction
    • Submitting Another Format for the Recipient's Plan of Care
  • Obtaining Plan of Care Forms
  • Developing the Plan of Care
  • Physician's Orders and Signature
    • Introduction
    • Start of Care
    • Certification Period
    • Verbal Orders
  • Plan of Care Requirements
  • Medical Necessity and the Plan of Care
  • Changes to the Plan of Care
• Prior Authorization
  • Introduction
  • Responsibility for Prior Authorization
  • Services Requiring Prior Authorization
    • Introduction
    • Limits on Authorized Services
  • Requesting Private Duty Nursing Hours
    • Introduction
    • Hours of Private Duty Nursing for Children
    • Requesting Pro Re Nata Hours
    • Flexible Use of Weekly Hours
  • Required Documentation for Prior Authorization Requests
    • Introduction
    • Prior Authorization Request Form
    • Private Duty Nursing Prior Authorization Acknowledgment
    • Prior Authorization Attachments
  • Submitting Prior Authorization Requests
  • Prior Authorization Effective Dates
  • Prior Authorization Responses
  • Prior Authorization Backdating
    • Introduction
    • Initial Requests
    • Extraordinary Circumstances
    • Subsequent Requests Will Not Be Backdated
    • Returned Requests
    • Amendment Requests
    • Denied Requests
  • Amending an Approved or Modified Prior Authorization Request
  • Enddating a Prior Authorization Request
  • Out-of-State Private Duty Nursing
    • Introduction
    • Out-of-State Prior Authorization Request Requirements
    • Procedure for Obtaining Authorization for Out-of-State Travel
• Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • Claims Submission Options
    • Introduction
    • Paper Claims Submission
  • Follow-Up to Claims Submission
  • Billing Across Midnight
  • Daylight Savings Time
• Codes for Prior Authorization and Claims
  • Introduction
  • Revenue Codes
  • Date of Service
  • Procedure Codes
  • Modifiers
    • Introduction
    • Start-of-Shift Modifiers
    • Professional Status Modifiers
    • Case Coordination Modifier
  • Units of Service
    • Introduction
    • Rounding Guidelines
  • Prior Authorization Number
  • Diagnosis Code
• Appendix
• PDF

Plan of Care

Obtaining Plan of Care Forms

The completion instructions and PA/HCA are located in Appendix 3 and Appendix 4 of this handbook for photocopying and may also be downloaded and printed from the Medicaid Web site.

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