Homecare Choice Program Presented by Jenny Cokeley Homecare Choice Program Manager
Homecare Choice Program Contact Information 1-844-494-7227 homecare.choice@state.or.us www.homecare-choice.oregon.gov 2
www.homecare-choice.oregon.gov 3
What’s on the website? • Entry into the Registry • Information about services and caregivers • Rate calculator (based on 4.3 weeks per month) • FAQ’s • Downloadable forms • Resources – Communicating Successfully with Your Caregiver – Warning Signs of an Unacceptable Caregiver – Warning Signs of Possible Abuse – Is This the Right Caregiver for Me? – Creating a Job Description – Figuring Out What I Need – Creating a Help Wanted Ad on the Registry – Checking References 4
Why Refer People to the Program? It’s a way to help people at home who : • don’t qualify for Medicaid. • have lost OPI hours due to budget cuts. • have a worker they pay privately, but worry about workers’ compensation coverage and withholding and reporting payroll taxes. • want more in-home options. Send them our way and we will do the rest. 5
What’s Different? Homecare Choice Program Medicaid/OPI • Participant completes a self- • Case manager completes an assessment, assessment and service plan, decides creates a service plan, and determines what services he or she wants, and how how many hours per month an individual many hours to purchase. Eligibility is is eligible for. Eligibility is based on how not based on how much help someone much help someone needs. needs. • Additional services available: pet care; • Pet care, companionship, and running companionship; running errands. non-service related errands not available. • The fiscal intermediary (PPL) issues • Local offices issues and pay vouchers. electronic timesheets, processes and Central office issues payment and sends issues payments, and sends out W-2. W-2. 6
Why Enroll? Providers Participants • They choose the caregivers they want • They can pick up extra hours of work to hire. (*hours are not combined with Medicaid/OPI). • Safer option than hiring directly from Craigslist or other websites. • They are covered under workers’ compensation. • All providers have passed a background check. • They are guaranteed $14 per hour. • Providers have access to on-going • Their taxes are withheld and reported. training. • They use an online time capture • All the legal requirements of being a system they can access 24/7 and can household employer are met by using see the status of their timecard and the fiscal intermediary. payment anytime. • Providers are covered under workers’ • They can provide services they can’t compensation. under Medicaid/OPI (pet care; companionship; social outings). • Most of the cost they pay goes to the provider. 7
How Does a Participant Enroll in the Program? To enroll, a person must: Complete an Develop a service Complete a self- employer pre- plan based on his or assessment on the screening on the her self-assessment Registry Registry Pay the Commission Complete all required Find and hire a in advance for paperwork for the provider from the services: $22.12 per fiscal intermediary Registry hour 8
How Does a Provider Enroll in the Program? To enroll, a person must: Already be a homecare or personal Sign a Homecare Take and pass an on- Choice Program support worker with line orientation and an active provider enrollment form readiness assessment number Complete all the Update information Sign a service plan required FI in the Registry paperwork 9
Task Participant OHCC Fiscal Local Office Intermediary Provider X X enrollment X X X Participant enrollment Assessment and X X service planning (reviews results with participant) Payment to X X X provider (pays OHCC for (transfers funds (issues & services; to FI) processes validates e-timesheet) e-timesheet) Provider X terminations (works with Central Office) Referrals to X program (give out our contact info) 10
Staff Contact Information • 503-378-8190 Jenny Cokeley • Jenny.e.cokeley@state.or.us HC Choice Manager Josh Mellon • 503-373-0929 • Josh.p.mellon@state.or.us HC Choice Specialist • 503-378-3121 Ray Miller • Raymond.miller@state.or.us HC Choice Policy 11
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