Why Has CDPAP Become So Popular?
Publicity. Radio, newspaper, and subway ads are driving Medicaid home care clients and home care workers to abandon traditional home care agency programs for the greater flexibility and freedom of choice of New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (“CDPAP”). Managed care companies are also on board, offering this as an alternative to traditional home care. The benefits to all are many and the restrictions are few, unlike traditional home care.
Contracts. Managed care companies contract with a “Fiscal Intermediary,” a business entity created solely to provide payroll and benefit administration services under the CDPAP. The Fiscal Intermediary, in turn, contracts with Medicaid recipients, known as “Consumers,” referred by the managed care company. Continue reading “Participating in New York’s CDPAP Is Necessary to Maintain Your Caseload”
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