What is a QSP?

A Qualified Service Provider (QSP) is a self-employed individual that has met all the standards/requirements and has enrolled with the Department of Health and Human Services as a provider. There are a few ways to apply as a QSP:

Individual QSP

A self-employed individual that has met all the standards/requirements and has enrolled with the Department of Human Services as a provider.

Agency QSP

An agency that enrolls with Health and Human Services (HHS) as a QSP, which allows that agency to bill HHS for services rendered within the authorized amount.

Adult Foster Care

Individual QSPs can apply to provide Adult Foster Care once they have been approved as an Individual Qualified Service Provider, by following the application guidelines located in the Adult Foster Care Handbook.

Adult Foster Care is the provision of food, shelter, security and safety, guidance and comfort on a 24 hour per day basis, in the home of the caregiver, to a person age eighteen or older, who is unable, neglects, or refuses to provide for the person's own care. This service takes place in an Adult Foster Home. An Adult Foster Home is an occupied private residence in which adult family foster care is regularly provided by the owner or lessee thereof to four or fewer adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the owner or lessee, for hire or compensation.

Agency Foster Home for Adults

A residential home in which residential habilitation or community supports is regularly provided exclusively to Medicaid waiver recipients by professional staff trained to provide services to older adults or adults with a disability, to four or fewer adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the owner or lessee, for hire or compensation.

Family Home Care

The purpose of Family Home Care is to assist individuals to remain with their family members and in their own communities. It provides an option for an individual who is experiencing functional impairments, which contribute to his/her inability to accomplish activities of daily living. Family Home Care is provided by a spouse or family member who is enrolled as a QSP. The care may include help with Activities of Daily Living such as bathing, dressing, transferring, toileting, assistance with eating, and in some cases supervision is also provided. The QSP and client must live together to be eligible.

Family Personal Care

The purpose of Family Personal Care is to assist individuals to remain with their family members and in their own communities by allowing individuals who want to choose their spouse or one of the following family members as defined under N.D.C.C. 50.06.2-02.

The provider must enroll as a Family Personal Care provider and the client must be pre-approved by the case manager. The provider and client must live together to be eligible. The care may include help with Activities of Daily Living such as bathing, dressing, transferring, toileting, assistance with eating, and in some cases supervision is also provided. Tasks of laundry, shopping, housekeeping, meal preparation, money management, and communication are allowed only when the service activity benefits the individual.