Library: Policy

317:35-18-2. Introduction

Revised 6-25-12

(a) Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provide home and community-based acute and long-term care services to eligible individuals who meet the medical requirements for nursing facility care and can be served safely and appropriately in the community.  PACE is optional in a State Medicaid program.  PACE is jointly funded and administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the state of Oklahoma.  The PACE provider receives a monthly capitation payment and is at full risk for the delivery of all medically necessary services for the individual.  For eligible individuals who elect to participate in the PACE program, the OHCA will make capitation payments for individuals who are only eligible for Medicaid or who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.  OHCA will contract with providers for the PACE program in the geographic areas as specified and approved in the provider PACE application.  The PACE program will provide medically necessary services to both American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Indian Medicaid eligible individuals.

(b) Rules applicable to the operation of the PACE program are contained in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 460.  These regulations, as currently written or amended in the future, are incorporated by reference as the rule base for operating the PACE program in Oklahoma.