Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
Private Duty Nursing · About this organization
What you get
Private-duty nursing when medical need and service approval requirements are met.
How to start
Your care team starts the nursing request. Discuss your child’s care needs and the approval paperwork.
The details, as published
Provider-initiated private-duty nursing for members who meet medical-necessity and authorization criteria.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
Private Duty Nursing — medical and insurance costs
Provider-initiated private-duty nursing for members who meet medical-necessity and authorization criteria.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Provider-initiated private-duty nursing for members who meet medical-necessity and authorization criteria.
- No amount is published.
- Frequency is not published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The offering includes a population that can include pediatric B-ALL.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- No numeric age rule is published for this offering.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- Hospital-caseworker referral is required.
- No numerical income rule is published on the reviewed official page.
- The official page describes referrals for families in severe financial distress.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: KY.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my care team
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Healthcare Team
- Use the official program page or contact the organization for current access.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Current official source reviewed.
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program · checked Aug 24, 2026