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Brain Injury Waiver 

The BIW provides home and community-based rehabilitation services and coordination to MO HealthNet recipients (ages 21 to 65) who are living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants must require medical care equivalent to the level of care received in a nursing home and not be enrolled in another state waiver.

BIW Description & Services 

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Brain Injury Waiver 

  A participant must:

   • Be a Missouri resident

   • Be between the ages of 21 to 65

   • Be enrolled in MO HealthNet (fee-for-service)

   • Have a federally matched MO HealthNet Eligibility (ME) code

   • Require medical care equivalent to the level of care received in a nursing home

   • Have medical documentation of a TBI

   • Not be enrolled in another state waiver

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 Service Coordination may include:

   • Evaluation and assessment of rehabilitation needs

   • Identification and access to approved rehabilitation service providers

   • Development and implementation of a person-centered plan of care

   • Identification of rehabilitation resources and referral

   • Assistance in establishment of a medical home

   • Planning for transition

   

• Authorization of medically necessary rehabilitation services, including:

   o Applied Behavioral Analysis

   o Assistive Technology

   o Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

   o Environmental Access and Modification

   o Neuropsychological Evaluation and Consultation

   o Occupational Therapy

   o Personal Care (After State Plan services are exhausted)

   o Physical Therapy

   o Speech Therapy

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