Consumer directed services · Wentzville

Consumer Directed Services in Wentzville, Missouri

Communicare Elite provides MO HealthNet Consumer Directed Services in Wentzville. The person who helps you is yours to choose, spouse excepted, and we take care of payroll, program paperwork and Medicaid billing.

Why home care matters in Wentzville

Wentzville marks the western edge of our service area, where St. Charles County’s subdivisions give way to farmland. It has been one of the fastest-growing cities in Missouri, anchored by the GM assembly plant, and it holds a mix that is unusual for one place: new subdivisions full of young families, and long-established rural households that were here decades before any of it was built.

Those older rural households are the ones for whom this program matters most. They are far from hospitals, far from services, and far from any agency’s comfortable staffing radius — but usually close to family and neighbors who have known them for years. Consumer Directed Services turns that existing network into the care arrangement, rather than trying to import one. Progress West Hospital in O’Fallon and the SSM and Barnes-Jewish facilities farther east cover the medical side, and transport to them is frequently a significant piece of a Wentzville care plan.

How do I get Consumer Directed Services in Wentzville?

Begin with MO HealthNet eligibility, then the Department of Health and Senior Services assessment on 866-835-3505, then an authorized care plan. Every step explained.

What can a CDS attendant be paid to do?

What your attendant is paid to do follows your authorized plan — personal care at one end, errands and transport at the other. Covered tasks in full.

Can I pay a family member to care for me in Wentzville?

At the western edge of our area, a family attendant usually makes the most sense. Everyone except a spouse is eligible. How to begin.

How far is our office from Wentzville?

Communicare Elite is at 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 106, St. Louis, MO 63134, minutes from Lambert International Airport — about 40 minutes from Wentzville. Most business is handled by phone, but you are welcome at the office; call ahead so someone is expecting you.

Questions from Wentzville families

Am I too far west to qualify?

Wentzville is near the western edge of our roughly 40-mile radius but within it. For an address farther out, call (314) 809-6655 and we will check.

I live on a farm outside town. Does that matter?

Not for eligibility. It does make hiring locally more important, since distance is what makes attendant arrangements fail.

Do you serve Foristell and Lake Saint Louis?

Lake Saint Louis, yes. Foristell is at the very edge — call and check with your address.

Is my information kept private?

Yes — participant information is handled under the program’s privacy rules. How participant privacy is handled.

Can family members get paid for caregiving in Missouri?

Yes. Through MO HealthNet Consumer Directed Services, the person who helps you is yours to choose, and everyone except a spouse can be your paid attendant. In Wentzville a family attendant usually makes the most sense, since relatives and neighbors live closer than any agency’s staff. Communicare Elite takes care of the payroll, program paperwork and Medicaid billing.

Is Consumer Directed Services a Missouri Medicaid program?

Yes. Consumer Directed Services is a Missouri Medicaid program, run through MO HealthNet, and we serve Missouri residents only. Illinois residents are served by Illinois programs and Illinois providers, even a few minutes across the river. What your attendant is paid to do follows your authorized care plan, from personal care to errands and transport.

How do I apply to be an attendant for a relative?

There is a short application route for attendants. Apply to be an attendant.

Nearby communities we also serve

O’Fallon · St. Peters · St. Charles · Chesterfield — or see the whole service area.