New York’s Medicaid program stands as a critical cornerstone in the state’s commitment to providing essential healthcare assistance to eligible individuals. Functioning as a government-sponsored ...

Personal aides who are employed through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, or CDPAP, provide a variety of supports that allow people with disabilities to live independently, such as ...

I’m often surprised by the lack of awareness of consumer-directed care, also known as self-direction. It’s not new. In the 1990s, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded grants to develop ...

Concerns around health data privacy could hinder the state’s already-rushed plan to consolidate a popular Medicaid-funded home care program. Nassau County Judge Jerome Murphy issued a temporary ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Those who work for the state’s at-home care program, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), faced an October 1 deadline to submit a health assessment.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting involved in the state’s contentious home care overhaul, which remains in limbo a week after it was supposed to take full ...

DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Governor Kathy Hochul announced changes to a Medicaid home care program that allows family and friends to care for their loved ones who need assistance. Disability rights ...

This article discusses Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), a Medicaid home assistance program that offers home health aid to senior citizens and disabled individuals. "All ...

After 10 years as a systems advocate for the Resource Center for Accessible Living, a Hudson Valley organization that fights for self-determination for those living with disabilities, 33-year-old ...

According to a report, New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program has been abused for years by "personal aides" with little training and oversight. Getty Images Talk about a racket! And ...