Hochul's pro-union home care program overhaul promises $500M in savings but it's off to a rocky start

Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed overhaul of the consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP) aims to save $500 million by consolidating approximately 700 firms into one payroll services company, Public Partnerships, LLC. Despite state officials asserting that the transition process, which is essential for 250,000 caregivers, is proceeding effectively, only 2% have initiated it. The slow data transfer from existing firms has hindered progress, raising concerns about achieving the projected savings and benefiting the homecare workforce, the backbone of New York's Medicaid system.

Hochul and her top advisors are standing by the payroll services overhaul for the consumer directed personal assistance program, or CDPAP, after moving to consolidate approximately 700 firms into one hand-picked company to pay people to take care of older relatives in last year's budget deal.

Garcia noted that the existing middlemen firms have been slow to hand over data about their consumers to the state and PPL to allow them to reach out to transition their caregivers directly.

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