Home Visits by Medical Personnel - individually designed services to provide diagnosis, treatment and wellness monitoring in order to preserve the waiver participant's functional capacity to remain in their own home. Wellness monitoring is critical to the overall health of waiver participants. Wellness monitoring includes disease prevention, the provision of health education and the identification of modifiable health risks. Through increased awareness and education, waiver participants are more apt to make healthy lifestyle choices, which will decrease the likelihood of unnecessary institutionalization. The frequency of wellness monitoring will be contingent on the waiver participant's needs.

Home Visits by Medical Personnel differs from what is offered under the State Plan as this waiver service is used for wellness monitoring, the assessment of the natural supports'/caregivers' ability to provide assistance to the waiver participant, and/or the evaluation of the waiver participant's home environment from a medical perspective.