Minimum Required In-Person Contacts. IDT staff shall establish a schedule of in-person contacts based upon the complexity of the member’s needs and the risk in the member’s life including an assessment of the member’s potential vulnerability/high risk per Article X.X.1. At a minimum, an IDT staff member is required to conduct in-person visits with all members every three (3) months. The PCP is required to conduct an in-person visit, and the IDT social worker, and registered nurse are further required to visit the member in the member’s residence at minimum:
Minimum Required In-Person Contacts. IDT staff shall establish a schedule of in-person contacts based upon the complexity of the member’s needs and the risk in the member’s life including an assessment of the member’s potential vulnerability/high risk per Article X.X.1. At a minimum, an IDT staff member is required to conduct in-person visits with all members every three (3) months. The social services coordinator and registered nurse are further required to conduct an in-person visit every twelve (12) months with the member in the member’s residence as a part of the annual comprehensive assessment, or every six (6) months in the member’s current residence for vulnerable/high risk members. The annual comprehensive assessment visit and subsequent six (6) month reassessment visit can count for two of the in-person contacts required by this subsection. The MCO must notify the Department’s Member Care Quality Specialist about members who meet the vulnerable/high risk criteria but refuse in- person visit(s) in their current residence.
