CDPAP

What Are The Requirements To Become a CDPAP Caregiver? Almost any family member, friend or associate is eligible to become a CDPAP caregiver (known as the Personal Assistant or PA for short) for which they are paid an hourly wage to provide care for a qualified family member or individual (the Consumer). Personal assistants are not eligible to be hired under CDPAP if he/she is the spouse of, is legally responsible for […]

What is a Fiscal Intermediary (FI)? A Fiscal Intermediary (FI) is an entity contracted by a social services district or managed care organization to handle wage and benefit processing for consumer-directed personal assistants and to perform essential administrative responsibilities under the CDPAP program. ProLife’s Responsibilities as a Fiscal Intermediary for the CDPAP Program As a Fiscal Intermediary, […]

What is the CDPAP? The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, commonly referred to as CDPAP,  is a statewide Medicaid program that provides an alternative way of receiving home care services. The individual receiving care – known as the Consumer – has complete freedom to choose who is hired to be their caregiver and total flexibility to direct how care […]

Major Announcement Regarding Changes to the New York State CDPAP Program Lead Fiscal Intermediary  New York State recently announced the decision to reduce the total number of Lead Fiscal Intermediaries eligible to offer the CDPAP program. In the past  Consumers could choose from upward of 650 vendors. This number has now shrunk to under 100 vendors […]