Consumer Directed Services in St. Peters, Missouri

Communicare Elite provides MO HealthNet Consumer Directed Services to residents of St. Peters and the surrounding St. Charles County area. If you are eligible, you choose your own personal care attendant — including a family member other than your spouse — and we handle payroll, program paperwork and Medicaid billing.

Why home care matters in St. Peters

St. Peters grew explosively from the 1970s onward, and that history shapes who needs care here now. Street after street of subdivisions went up within a couple of decades and sold largely to young families — which means a great many households in this city are reaching the same stage of life at roughly the same time.

The upside is that the housing is relatively forgiving. Ranch and split plans from that era are easier to adapt than a century-old city flat, and many residents can stay on one level with modest help. The constraint is the one common to all of St. Charles County: it is built entirely around driving, with little public transport. Once driving stops, an authorized transportation task in the care plan often does more for a person’s independence than any other single item.

How CDS works for St. Peters residents

1. Confirm you are likely eligible. You need to be 18 or older, eligible for MO HealthNet, physically disabled, able to direct your own care, and assessed at a nursing facility level of care. Full requirements.
2. Request a state assessment. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services assesses you at home. Their referral line is 866-835-3505.
3. Receive an authorized care plan listing the tasks and hours approved for you. What can be authorized.
4. Choose Communicare Elite as your CDS vendor.
5. Hire your attendant — anyone but your spouse, subject to background screening. How to choose.
6. Work begins. You and your attendant sign biweekly timesheets; we run payroll and bill Medicaid. How pay works.

What your attendant can help with

See the full list of covered tasks →

Getting paid to care for a family member in St. Peters

If you already help a parent, an adult child, a sibling or a friend in St. Peters, that work can become paid employment. Missouri law excludes only the consumer’s spouse from being a paid personal care attendant — every other relationship is eligible.

How family caregivers get paid →

Distance from our office

Communicare Elite is at 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 106, St. Louis, MO 63134, minutes from Lambert International Airport — roughly about 25 minutes from St. Peters. Most business is handled by phone, but you are welcome at the office; call ahead so someone is expecting you.

Questions from St. Peters families

My house is a split-level. Does that make things harder?

It can — split-levels put bedrooms and laundry on different half-levels. Mention the stairs specifically when you are assessed.

There is no bus service near me. Can an attendant drive me?

Essential transportation is one of the authorizable task categories, and in St. Charles County it is frequently the most valuable one.

Do you serve the whole of St. Peters?

Yes, and the surrounding St. Charles County communities with it.

Does CDS cost me anything?

No. The program is funded by MO HealthNet. You do not pay Communicare Elite and you do not pay your attendant directly.

Can I switch to Communicare Elite from another vendor?

Yes, without reapplying for the program or losing your authorized hours. How switching works.

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