A First Name Basis accepts Medicaid for in-home care at over 10 locations found throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. Please use the below information to call ahead and ensure that your waiver is valid for the locations served.

Louisiana Medicaid Info:

WAIVER PROGRAMS (previously referred to as “Home and Community Based Services)

For more information on Waiver programs, click here for the Office of Aging and Adult Services (OAAS) or click here for the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD). This search tool does not contain information about OCDD Waiver programs. If you have additional questions about Waiver programs and services, contact Medicaid toll free at 1-888-342-6207.

LAFAYETTE – Acadiana Area Human Services District (AAHSD)
PH: (337) 262-5610
Parishes Served: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion

BATON ROUGE – Capital Area Human Services District (CAHSD)
PH: (225) 925-1910  
Parishes Served: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana

ALEXANDRIA – Central Louisiana Human Services District (CLHSD)
PH: (318) 484-2347
Parishes Served: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, Winn 

NORTHSHORE – Florida Parishes Human Services Authority (FPHSA) 
PH: (985) 543-4730
Parishes Served: Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington

LAKE CHARLES – Imperial Calcasieu Human Services District (IMCAL)
PH: (337) 475-3100
Parishes Served: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis 

MONROE – Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA)
PH: (318) 362-3396
Parishes Served: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll 

NEW ORLEANS – Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority (JPHSA)
PH: (504) 838-5215
Parishes Served: Jefferson  

NEW ORLEANS – Metropolitan Human Services District (MHSD) 
PH: (504) 568-3130
Parishes Served: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard

NEW ORLEANS – South Central Human Services Authority (SCLHSA) 
PH: (985) 876-8805
Parishes Served: Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, Terrebonne

SHREVEPORT – Northwest Louisiana Human Services District (NLHSD) 
PH: (318) 741-7455
Parishes Served: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster

Medicaid LONG TERM CARE application can be reached at 877-456-1146 for any of our locations in Louisiana

Mississippi Medicaid Info:

QUESTIONS? For more information about the Elderly and Disabled Waiver, contact:

JACKSON – Mississippi Access to Care Center (MAC Center)
Toll-free: 844-822-4MAC (4622)

Office of Community Based Services, Mississippi Division of Medicaid
Toll-free: 800-421-2408
PH: 601-359-6141