Idaho Medicaid Provider Handbook, Home Health and Hospice Services § 2

Advanced care planning, or Advanced directives, is a covered service. Advance directives are

documents appointing an agent and/or documenting the participant’s decisions regarding

their medical treatment should they lack the capability to communicate their wishes in the

future. Planning may include Health Care Proxy, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care,

Living Will, or Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. Home health and hospice service

providers must explain to each participant their right to make decisions regarding their

medical care. It is recommended the Idaho Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST)

Form be completed and placed at the care location, so the participant’s end-of-life wishes are

honored. The POST Form and other resources are available from the Idaho Secretary of

State’s Office’s health care directive registry webpage.

See the Advance Directives section of the General Information and Requirements for

Providers, Idaho Medicaid Provider Handbook, for more information including requirements

and billing.