+Medical Alert Review

Does Medicaid pay for a medical alert in North Dakota?

By Carol Bennett, Senior EditorUpdated How we evaluate

Reader-supported: one link on this page may earn us a commission, at no cost to you.

The short answer

Yes. North Dakota's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver (Aged and Disabled) lists a medical alert.

Send this to family

Text itEmail it

What stands out in North Dakota

North Dakota's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver (Aged and Disabled) lists a medical alert

Medicaid calls it a PERS.

Programs for older adults
ProgramWho it servesMedical alert?Source
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver (Aged and Disabled)Aged (65+) and disabled adults who would otherwise need nursing facility careLists a medical alertRead the sourceChecked October 12, 2026
What it says
“Companionship • Emergency Response System • Environmental Modification”

One phone call starts the application

Call Aging and Disability Resource-LINK (toll free): 855-462-5465

Ask for a “personal emergency response system” under the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver (Aged and Disabled) program. What else to ask

No Medicare Advantage plan here lists a medical alert

How CMS marks these

AdamsNo plans listed
BarnesNo plans listed
BensonNo plans listed
BillingsNo plans listed
BottineauNo plans listed
BowmanNo plans listed
BurkeNo plans listed
BurleighNo plans listed
CassNo plans listed
CavalierNo plans listed
DickeyNo plans listed
DivideNo plans listed

Medicare lists 83 equipment suppliers here

Home equipment, not alerts; price labels explained

Ashley1 supplier
Bismarck8 suppliers
Bottineau1 supplier
Bowman1 supplier
Carrington2 suppliers
Cavalier1 supplier
Devils Lake2 suppliers
Dickinson4 suppliers
Ellendale1 supplier
Fargo15 suppliers
Forman1 supplier
Garrison1 supplier

Lift chairs · Medicare and lift chairs · Adjustable beds.

31.5% of older North Dakota residents live alone

People 65 and over who live alone
31.5%
40,958 people. Census ACS 2020-2024. Census source
Deaths from falls, age 65+, per 100,000
80.3
Age-adjusted, 2024. CDC source

All states

If nothing pays, the monthly bill is yours

Original Medicare does not pay; compare prices.

Paying yourself? Medical Care Alert

From $29.95/mo for the Home plan; without a landline, LTE cellular adds $5/mo (price page, October 1, 2026).

See Medical Care Alert plans

Affiliate link. No one else on this page paid to appear.

Questions families ask

Does Medicaid pay for a medical alert in North Dakota?

Yes: North Dakota's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waiver (Aged and Disabled) lists one.

Do Medicare Advantage plans in North Dakota cover a medical alert?

No Medicare Advantage plan in North Dakota lists a medical alert for 2027.

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