Client Directed Home Care Invoicing (CDHI)
What is Client Directed Home Care Invoicing?
Client Directed Home Care Invoicing (CDHCI) is an option for Alberta Health Services (AHS) Home and Community Care clients to manage their own care. With CDHCI, clients can choose an agency that provides home care services that is registered with Alberta Blue Cross. This agency can provide services up to a maximum number of pre-approved hours per month, as authorized by AHS. The agency submits claims directly to Alberta Blue Cross, the program administrators, and is reimbursed for their services.
Who is eligible for CDHCI in Alberta?
If you have a valid Alberta Health Care number and are living in a community setting you may be eligible for CDHCI:
- If you have been assessed by an AHS Case Manager and are deemed in need of home care services.
- If your Case Manager determines that this may be a suitable model for your care and will meet your care needs.
- If there is no conflict of interest with any other AHS policy or service agreements.
- If you or the person managing your CDHCI care are willing and able to assume the responsibilities associated with self-directing and monitoring your care.
- You do not need to have an Alberta Blue Cross plan to be eligible for CDHCI.
What services are provided?
Services are determined by your Home and Community Care assessment and may include personal care, homemaking, and publicly funded respite care:
- Personal care includes assistance with care tasks that can be scheduled such as personal hygiene, dressing, toileting, mobilization and transferring, home exercises, nutrition, medication assistance, and respiratory care.
- Homemaking services includes tasks that are essential to keeping you in your home, such as cleaning bathrooms, cleaning mobility equipment, incontinence laundry, and removing garbage. It is important to note that homemaking tasks must be related to health maintenance and are not stand-alone services. You must explore other service agencies and options for homemaking tasks before homemaking services are included in CDHCI.
- Respite Care to provide your informal caregivers a break when you are unable to safely be left alone, as determined by your AHS Case Manager.