New York thinks of outsourcing Medicaid's CDPAP, raising employment worries
After Monday's budget update, the Consumer Directed Personal Assitance program (CDPAP) will remain part of the budget. The Medicaid-funded program was in jeopardy; it allowed representatives for those with cognitive disabilities to choose their home health providers.
However, a key piece could be removed, costing some New Yorkers their jobs and disabled individuals choices in their health care.
New York state leaders are looking to outsource billing and HR needs for the CDPAP; currently, those tasks are done by fiscal intermediaries like Consumer-Directed Choices.
Jocelyn Arndt works at the non-profit in Albany as a business development specialist, “We care deeply about this program, we're proud to offer the benefits that we do to our community and serve our community in that way.