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NC Medicaid: Private Duty Nursing

Private Duty Nursing
NC Medicaid: Private Duty Nursing
A Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service. Private Duty Nursing (PDN) is substantial, complex and continuous skilled nursing care that is authorized to supplement the care provided by a beneficiary’s trained, informal caregiver. Eligible beneficiaries must live in a private primary residence with at least one trained, informal caregiver who may provide direct care to the beneficiary during planned and unplanned absences of PDN staff. PDN services must be medically appropriate and medically necessary.