New York CDPAS

Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Service (CDPAS) is a type of service that allows Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HP MLTC and MAP plan members to select, train, and manage their own personal care assistant.

In-home assistance in NY at no cost

 

CDPAS services are voluntary and are provided through a vendor in the Anthem MLTC or MAP network

Choose your personal assistant


With CDPAS, you can choose your own personal assistant to have more control over your care. Your personal assistant can be anyone, including a family member, as long as they meet certain criteria. 

Your personal assistant can help you with:

 

 Bathing

 Dressing
 

 Meal preparation
 

 Going to the bathroom
 

 Walking
 

 Feeding
 

You can also receive skilled services to help you with:

  Tube feeding
 

  Taking your medication
 

  Wound care
 

  Care to help you breathe

 

 

How CDPAS works

 

When you receive care through CDPAS, you or a person you choose is responsible for:

 

  Choosing, hiring, training, and managing your personal assistant. Managing your personal assistant includes scheduling time with and evaluating them.

 

  Making sure your personal assistant’s timesheet is correct and approving it.

 

 Changing your personal assistant (if you choose to).

 

The personal assistant you choose will need to register with one of the fiscal intermediaries (vendors) in the Anthem network. The fiscal intermediary will pay your personal assistant for the hours they work.

You may choose to stop receiving CDPAS and get personal care services through a Licensed Home Care Service Agency (LHCSA) in the Anthem MLTC network.

Interested in starting CDPAS?

 

First, see if you’re eligible.
 

To qualify for CDPAS, you must be able to::

 

  Be self-directing or have someone to make choices about your care.
 

  Interview, train, direct, and schedule appointments with your personal assistant and backup personal assistant. You’ll need backup personal assistant in case your personal assistant takes a day off.
 

  Track the time your personal assistant works
 

  Send timesheets to an Anthem fiscal intermediary (one of our vendors) so your personal assistant can get paid.
 

  Tell Anthem if your health condition changes.

 

If you’re eligible, call Member Services.



Just call Member Services at 855-661-0002 (TTY 711) and tell us you’re interested in CDPAS.
 

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