ALTCS (Arizona Long Term Care System) is the Federal Medicaid funding source to pay for the services that DDD coordinates. ALTCS must process your application within 45 days. There are two steps to applying for ALTCS:

1 – Financial Interview – this is a phone interview with a series of questions to make sure your child does not have more than $2,000 in their name

2 – PAS Interview – this is done in person in your home with a series of questions about your child and their development. You must have 40 points in order to qualify. Make sure to attend one of our Autism 101 classes held monthly to go over this step in more detail. The PAS Tool questions and links are listed below.

3 – Once you have been approved for ALTCS, you will be asked to select a health plan through Arizona’s Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Currently, there are two choices. This will then become your secondary insurance if you have Primary Care Insurance. You have 30 days from being approved to pick which plan you want and have the opportunity to switch once per year.  Be sure to read the new member handbook and check for your current Doctors you use in each plan before you choose one.

• PAS Milestones – Developmentally Disabled/Physically Disabled – Under Age 6
• Arizona Autism Coalition Meeting April 2011 – PAS Workgroup
• PAS Tool Information
• Understanding how MCHAT relates to scoring of PAS – Developmentally Disabled – Age 0-5 
• PAS – Developmentally Disabled – Age 0-5
• PAS – Developmentally Disabled – Age 6-11
• PAS – Developmentally Disabled – Age 12+
• PAS – Eldery and Physically Disabled
• ALTCS Preadmission Screening Manual – Developmentally Disabled
• ALTCS Preadmission Screening Manual – Elderly and Physically Disabled
• Self Advocacy Guide for ALTCS – Arizona Center for Disability Law
• Arizona Department of Economic Security –  DDD – Policy Manual Eligibility Requirements