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317:30-5-551 Eligible providers

(a) A home health agency that desires to be reimbursed by SoonerCare for paid family caregiver (PFC) must meet the following requirements prior to providing services to eligible SoonerCare members:

(1) The agency must be fully contracted with OHCA as a provider; and,

(2) The agency must meet the requirements of Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 317:30-5-545, and it must be licensed by the Oklahoma State Health Department (OSDH) as a home care agency.

(b) The complex caregiver must meet the following requirements:

(1) be at least 18 years of age; and

(2) pass criminal and abuse registry background checks.

(c) The complex caregiver, within the agency, must receive eighty (80) hours of training, competency evaluation, and other qualification criteria as a complex caregiver, including but not limited to:

(1) Agency New Employee Orientation;

(2) Communicating with the Care Team;

(3) Documentation;

(4) Safety Care;

(5) Medications;

(6) Respiratory Care;

(7) Neurological care;

(8) Nutrition;

(9) Genitourinary care;

(10) Integumentary care; and

(11) Social Determinants of Health.

Disclaimer. The OHCA rules found on this Web site are unofficial. The official rules are published by the Oklahoma Secretary of State Office of Administrative Rules as Title 317 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code. To order an official copy of these rules, contact the Office of Administrative Rules at (405) 521-4911.