Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Service | NY Medicaid

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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Not yet a member? Choose Anthem.

Call 855-800-4683 (TTY 711) to find out more about MLTC and how to enroll with Anthem. When it comes to living your best life, we’re with you every step of the way.