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Looking for us rather than the program? Here is what an approved GAPP provider in Georgia does, and how private duty nursing works for Georgia children. Already with an agency? Read how to choose a GAPP agency, how two agencies can share your child’s hours and how to switch.

Looking for your child’s condition rather than the program? See conditions we care for.

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If a doctor or a discharge planner just said the word GAPP to you and you are not sure what it means, begin with the first guide. If you have been told your income is too high for Medicaid, begin with Katie Beckett.

What is GAPP?A plain-language guide to the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP): what it is, which children it covers, what it pays for, and how families start.Who GAPP is forHow Georgia Medicaid decides which children qualify for GAPP: medical need, not diagnosis. What the reviewers actually look at.What GAPP coversWhat the Georgia Pediatric Program pays for, the difference between skilled nursing and personal care support, and how hours are decided.How GAPP worksThe GAPP process step by step: eligibility, physician documentation, Medicaid review, and starting care at home.How many nursing hours?How Georgia Medicaid decides your child’s GAPP hours, how long an approval lasts, and how to ask for more when needs change.The GAPP timelineHow long GAPP approval takes in Georgia, what happens at each stage, and what actually causes delays.The physician letterWhat a Katie Beckett letter of medical necessity has to address, and what to hand your child’s physician.Katie BeckettHow Georgia's Katie Beckett (Deeming Waiver / TEFRA) pathway works, who it is for, how to apply, and the mistake that gets families denied.PeachCare and GAPPA child enrolled in PeachCare is not eligible for GAPP in-home nursing. What to do instead if your child needs skilled care at home.The Family Caregiver OptionGeorgia's Family Caregiver Option can hire and pay a parent as a W-2 employee for a GAPP-approved child's personal care hours.Coming home from the hospitalHow to arrange GAPP in-home skilled nursing when your medically fragile child is being discharged from the hospital.Bringing a baby home with a trachDischarge teaching, the equipment that comes home, how GAPP nursing hours are decided for a trach baby, and why the referral should start before discharge.Medicaid for a child with a disabilityThe four doors into Georgia Medicaid, regular Medicaid, SSI, Katie Beckett and PeachCare, compared in plain language.Babies Can’t Wait and GAPPHow early intervention and in-home nursing fit together for a child under three, and why the GAPP referral should start early.NICU discharge checklistA printable list for the last week before your baby comes home.Respite care in GeorgiaGAPP does not pay for respite. Where Georgia families find it, and how in-home nursing fits in.GAPP questions, answeredStraight answers to the questions Georgia families ask most about the Georgia Pediatric Program, GAPP nursing hours, eligibility and costs.The words people usePlain-language definitions of the terms, acronyms and forms Georgia families meet in the GAPP process.

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