Advanced Practice Nurse Services. Advanced Practice Nurse Services provided by nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives and clinical nurse specialists are covered. Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Services. EIDBI provides a range of individualized, medically necessary, intensive developmental and behavioral interventions to address or treat, in a comprehensive manner, the functional skills and core deficits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other related conditions that cause persistent, clinically significant impairment in social communication and behavioral interaction and other areas of functional development for which this service is medically appropriate. Skill development focuses on the following domains: social/interpersonal interactions, verbal and non-verbal communication, cognition, learning and play, adaptive/self-help skills, and behavioral self-regulation. Services must be provided directly to the child, or on behalf of the child, by training the parents/caregivers. Both fee-for-service and managed care will provide an EIDBI benefit for children up to age twenty-one (21) who meet the medical necessity criteria for EIDBI services. Services are provided by qualified providers identified by the STATE to both children and their families.
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