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Pediatric home nursing in Gwinnett County
In-home skilled nursing and personal care for medically fragile children across Gwinnett County, through Georgia’s Pediatric Program. For families who qualify, Georgia Medicaid covers it in full.
Who we serve in Gwinnett County
Children under 21 whose day-to-day care needs a nurse or a trained caregiver: a tracheostomy or ventilator, a feeding tube, oxygen, seizure care, or significant help with lifting, positioning and daily activities. There is no fixed list of qualifying diagnoses. Approval turns on how much hands-on care your child needs each day, and Georgia Medicaid decides who is approved, not HeartPath.
Gwinnett is the second largest county in Georgia and its size is the practical problem. A family in Buford and a family in Norcross are both “Gwinnett,” and they are forty minutes apart. Tell us your ZIP on the first call and we will be straight with you about which shifts we can cover well.
Getting there from Gwinnett County
Gwinnett runs a long way east and north, so we match nurses by ZIP rather than by county line.
Care is scheduled around your family, including nights, weekends and overnights. We match nurses to a child and work to keep the same nurse with the same family, because the nurse who knows your child’s baseline is the one who notices the day it changes.
What it costs a family here
Nothing. For children approved through Georgia Medicaid there is no out-of-pocket cost, no copay and no deductible. If you have been told your income is too high for Medicaid, read how Katie Beckett works before you give up on it. That pathway ignores parents’ income entirely and looks only at the child’s medical needs.
Starting from Lawrenceville
Call 678-459-2590 or check eligibility online. We talk with you, help get the physician documentation moving, and submit the authorization request to Georgia Medicaid. About 30 days from first call to care starting is typical, though Medicaid sets the pace of its own review. Here is the full timeline.
Questions from families in Gwinnett County
Gwinnett is huge. Do you actually cover all of it?
Not evenly, and we will say so. Buford and Norcross are both Gwinnett and they are forty minutes apart. What we can cover depends on where our nurses live at the time you call. Tell us your ZIP first and we will be straight about it.
We were denied Medicaid on income. Is that the end?
No, and in Gwinnett this comes up constantly. Georgia has a pathway called Katie Beckett that ignores parents income entirely and looks only at the child medical needs. Most families are never told it exists. Your family files that application with the state, not us, and once it is approved we handle all the GAPP paperwork from there.