PCA-R (Rev. 10/10)
Personal care management (PCM) agencies may use this reevaluation form when submitting a request for personal care attendant (PCA)
services where the prior authorization (PA) is due to expire, and the PA request is for the same number of PCA hours per week and per night
that MassHealth had authorized at the start date of the current prior authorization. PCM agencies must submit the MassHealth Evaluation
for Personal Care Attendant Services form (PCA-2) when the number of PCA hours being requested per week or per night are greater or less
than the number of PCA hours MassHealth authorized at the start date of the current PA.
Note: All PCA reevaluations must be submitted at least 21 days before the expiration date of the PA to ensure no interruption of PCA services.
SECTION I: Consumer Information
Consumer Name
MassHealth ID no: PCM agency name:
Date PA request submitted to MassHealth:
Current PA no: Current PA expiration date:
Number of day/evening PCA hours authorized per week
Number of night PCA hours authorized per night
at start date of the current PA: at start date of the current PA:
Was the current PA authorized for two or more years? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yes No
Was there an adjustment in PCA hours since the start of the PA?: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yes No
If
yes, please complete and submit the
MassHealth Evaluation for Personal Care Attendant Services
form (PCA-2).
SECTION II: Surrogate Assessment
A. I have conducted an assessment of the consumer’s ability to independently manage the PCA program, in accordance with 130 CMR 422.222(A), and
have determined that (Check one below.):
The consumer appears to have the necessary cognitive and emotional ability and skills to perform all of the tasks of managing PCA services
and does not require a surrogate. (Complete C only.)
The consumer does not have the necessary cognitive or emotional ability and skills to perform some or all of the tasks of managing PCA
services and requires a surrogate. (Complete B and C below.)
B. Surrogate name, address, and phone number:
Surrogate’s relationship to consumer:
C. Name of PCM agency sta member who conducted the assessment:
Title: Date of assessment:
SECTION III: RN Evaluation and Signature
Note: The PCM agency registered nurse (RN) is required to conduct a full evaluation of the consumer’s need for medically necessary PCA
services, in the presence of the consumer, before the expiration of the current PA. This evaluation must be performed for each consumer even
if it is determined that there is no change in the consumer’s PCA services.
I, (PCM RN name) , have conducted a full evaluation of the consumer’s need for medically necessary
PCA services on (date)
. The evaluation was conducted in the presence of the consumer in one of the following locations:
home nursing facility hospital other (describe):
Personal Care Attendant
Reevaluation Form (No Change)
Consumer Name:
T H E C O M M O N W E A LT H O F M A S S A C H U S E T T S
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Use this form when there is no change in PCA hours.