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Does Medicaid pay for a medical alert in Kentucky?

By Carol Bennett, Senior EditorUpdated How we evaluate

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The short answer

Yes. Kentucky's Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver lists a medical alert, if your parent qualifies for nursing-home-level care.

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What stands out in Kentucky

Kentucky's Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver lists a medical alert

Medicaid calls it a PERS.

Programs for older adults
ProgramWho it servesMedical alert?Source
Home and Community Based (HCB) WaiverSection 1915(c)Elderly adults and adults and children with physical disabilities who meet nursing facility level of careLists a medical alertRead the sourceChecked October 12, 2026
What it says
“(b) A personal emergency response system shall be considered a covered environmental or minor home adaptation if it meets the requirements established in this subsection.”

One phone call starts the application

Call DAIL Home and Community Based waiver inquiries: 877-315-0589

Ask for a “personal emergency response system” under the Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver. Start the application online. What else to ask

4 Medicare Advantage plans here list a medical alert

How CMS marks these

Adair2 plans
Allen4 plans
Anderson2 plans
Ballard2 plans
Barren4 plans
Bath4 plans
Bell4 plans
Boone4 plans
Bourbon2 plans
Boyd4 plans
Boyle2 plans
Bracken4 plans

Medicare lists 444 equipment suppliers here

Home equipment, not alerts; price labels explained

Albany4 suppliers
Ashland6 suppliers
Barbourville2 suppliers
Bardstown4 suppliers
Beattyville1 supplier
Beaver Dam2 suppliers
Bellevue1 supplier
Benton3 suppliers
Booneville1 supplier
Bowling Green14 suppliers
Brandenburg1 supplier
Brodhead1 supplier

Lift chairs · Medicare and lift chairs · Adjustable beds.

29.4% of older Kentucky residents live alone

People 65 and over who live alone
29.4%
230,405 people. Census ACS 2020-2024. Census source
Deaths from falls, age 65+, per 100,000
66.4
Age-adjusted, 2024. CDC source

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If nothing pays, the monthly bill is yours

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Questions families ask

Does Medicaid pay for a medical alert in Kentucky?

Yes: Kentucky's Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver lists one.

Do Medicare Advantage plans in Kentucky cover a medical alert?

4 Medicare Advantage plans in Kentucky list a medical alert for 2027.

Data checked October 12, 2026. How we built this · Report a correction