New York Court Blocks New Medicaid Rates For Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program

On October 11, 2019, the Albany County Supreme Court in New York State blocked the state Department of Health (DOH) from implementing a new reimbursement methodology for the Medicaid Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). The new methodology would have resulted in a 15% reimbursement rate cut for fiscal intermediary provider organizations. The rates had been slated to go into effect on September 1, 2019 for fee-for-service CDPAP services.

The ruling was in the “Matter of Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York State v. Zucker.” The complaint was filed on July 26, 2019 by the Consumer . . .