New York State lawmakers introduced a new bill this past week hoping to reverse recent structural changes to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) by allowing multiple licensed Fiscal Intermediaries...more
Following Judge Frederic Block's March 31, 2025, issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) temporarily halting New York state's push to consolidate the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) under a...more
4/14/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Intermediaries ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Personal Assistants ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State Health Departments ,
Time Extensions ,
TRO
A new bill was introduced in the New York State Senate last week in an attempt to address recent changes made to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), which effective April 1, 2025, will allow only a...more
A second lawsuit has been filed challenging recent changes to New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP or the Program), this time taking aim at the new single fiscal intermediary (FI) structure that...more
8/20/2024
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Contracts Clause ,
Equal Protection ,
FOIA ,
Intermediaries ,
Medicaid ,
Pending Litigation ,
Personal Assistance Services (PAS) ,
Personal Assistants ,
Reimbursements ,
Request for Proposals ,
Social Services ,
State Health Departments
A group of fiscal intermediaries (FIs) on July 22, 2024, filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and its commissioner, Dr. James McDonald, alleging that the defendants disregarded established...more
7/30/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Home Health Care ,
Intermediaries ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Pending Legislation ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
State Health Departments