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title: "Pennsylvania Home Care Medicaid | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/pennsylvania/home-care-medicaid/
description: "Community HealthChoices home- and community-based services, plus Pennsylvania's non-Medicaid OPTIONS program for qualifying older adults."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
author: George A. Mellendorf, CLTC, LTCP (Central States Insurance Services, Inc.)
publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
note: Educational content; not legal, tax or financial advice. Markdown copy of the HTML page at the URL above.
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Pennsylvania · Home & Community Care

# Pennsylvania Home Care Medicaid

Last updated 2026-10-20

Community HealthChoices doesn't just cover facility care — it also delivers home- and community-based services for people who need a nursing-facility level of care but want to stay in the community. That list includes personal assistance, home modifications, personal emergency response systems, respite care, residential habilitation, community integration, adult daily living services, and participant-directed goods and services.

All of this runs through the same three statewide managed-care organizations that administer facility-based CHC coverage. Outside of Medicaid entirely, Pennsylvania also offers OPTIONS, a state-funded program for qualifying adults 60 and older that doesn't require meeting an income-eligibility threshold, though it can carry a sliding-scale co-payment.

## Sources and official resources

- [Pennsylvania DHS: Medicaid and Payment of Long-Term Services](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/aging-physical-disabilities/medicaid-payment-long-term-care)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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