Consumer Direct is looking for new members to join the Peer Network. Here is what we do: Discuss in-home care issues Assist new participants coming on to services Stay educated on topics affecting people with disabilities Advocate for change The Peer Network is open to Consumer Direct participants and...
The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) has made two updates to their website to facilitate fraud and abuse reporting. On the DHCF home page, click on the Report Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Feature Services link: http://dhcf.dc.gov/service/reporting-medicaid-fraud-and-abuse The DHCF Medicaid Program Integrity page http://dhcf.dc.gov/page/medicaid-program-integrity has also been updated to allow direct access...
For twenty-six years, Consumer Direct has supported people in directing their own care to maintain independence at home and in the community. We have worked to expand choice and control for people with disabilities, the elderly, and their families. Today we’re happy to introduce our new brand identity. Our...
Advocates are cautiously optimistic as the District of Columbia rolls out participant-directed Medicaid services for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. If you live in DC and you’ve never heard of participant-directed services you can be forgiven. That’s because every state Medicaid program in the country provides participant-directed services,...
Transmittal #16-10: Services My Way program Enrollment Announcement This transmittal notifies the public that the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) is enrolling eligible §1915 (c) Elderly and Persons with Physical Disabilities (EPD) waiver beneficiaries into the Participant-directed Services (PDS) program known as Services My Way as of March...
The US Department of Labor has released Paying Minimum Wage and Overtime to Home Care Workers: A Guide for Consumers and their Families to the Fair Labor Standards Act, a new resource for participants and families that covers the changes made by the FLSA Home Care Rule. The guide can be...
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