3030 Uniform Cost Methodology

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Georgia Division of Aging Services
Administrative Manual

Chapter:

3000 Area Agency of Aging (AAA) Administration

Effective Date:

Section Title:

Uniform Cost Methodology

Reviewed or Updated in:

2014-02

Section Number:

3030

Previous Update:

Policy Statement

All service providers, including Area Agencies on Aging providing direct services, will prepare annual budgets based on the Division’s Uniform Cost Methodology (UCM) spreadsheets, for all services as defined in the DAS Taxonomy of Service Definitions, regardless of whether or not the service reimbursement is based on a unit cost rate.

Requirements

The UCM spreadsheets are to be completed prior to the development and submission of the Area Plan/updates. Agencies are to develop separate unit costs for each service to be provided. Designated services are reimbursed on a unit cost basis.

Unit cost reimbursed services include:

  • Adult Day Care,

  • Assisted Transportation,

  • Chore services,

  • Congregate Meals,

  • Counseling,

  • Emergency Response services,

  • Home Delivered Meals,

  • Home Health services,

  • Homemaker services,

  • Nutrition Counseling,

  • Nutrition Screening,

  • Personal Care services,

  • Respite Care services,

  • Transportation.

References

MAN 5600, Appendix F, Taxonomy of Service Definitions
MAN 5600, Appendix G, Uniform Cost Methodology Training Manual