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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

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www.homecare-choice.oregon.gov

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

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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.

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What’s Different? Homecare Choice Program

• Participant completes a self-

assessment and service plan, decides what services he or she wants, and how many hours to purchase. Eligibility is not based on how much help someone needs.

• Additional services available: pet care;

companionship; running errands.

• The fiscal intermediary (PPL) issues

electronic timesheets, processes and issues payments, and sends out W-2.

Medicaid/OPI

• Case manager completes an assessment,

creates a service plan, and determines how many hours per month an individual is eligible for. Eligibility is based on how much help someone needs.

• Pet care, companionship, and running

non-service related errands not available.

• Local offices issues and pay vouchers.

Central office issues payment and sends W-2. 6

Why Enroll?

Participants

• They choose the caregivers they want

to hire.

• Safer option than hiring directly from

Craigslist or other websites.

• All providers have passed a

background check.

• Providers have access to on-going

training.

• All the legal requirements of being a

household employer are met by using the fiscal intermediary.

• Providers are covered under workers’

compensation.

• Most of the cost they pay goes to the

provider.

Providers

• They can pick up extra hours of work

(*hours are not combined with Medicaid/OPI).

• They are covered under workers’

compensation.

• They are guaranteed $14 per hour.
• Their taxes are withheld and reported.
• They use an online time capture

system they can access 24/7 and can see the status of their timecard and payment anytime.

• They can provide services they can’t

under Medicaid/OPI (pet care; companionship; social outings). 7

How Does a Participant Enroll in the Program? To enroll, a person must:

8 Complete an employer pre- screening on the Registry Complete a self- assessment on the Registry Develop a service plan based on his or her self-assessment Find and hire a provider from the Registry Pay the Commission in advance for services: $22.12 per hour Complete all required paperwork for the fiscal intermediary

How Does a Provider Enroll in the Program? To enroll, a person must:

9 Already be a homecare or personal support worker with an active provider number Take and pass an on- line orientation and readiness assessment Sign a Homecare Choice Program enrollment form Update information in the Registry Complete all the required FI paperwork Sign a service plan

Task Participant OHCC Fiscal Intermediary Local Office Provider enrollment

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Participant enrollment

X X X

Assessment and service planning

X X

(reviews results with participant) Payment to provider

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(pays OHCC for services; validates e-timesheet)

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(transfers funds to FI)

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(issues & processes e-timesheet) Provider terminations

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(works with Central Office) Referrals to program

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(give out our contact info) 10

Staff Contact Information

11 Jenny Cokeley

HC Choice Manager

Josh Mellon

HC Choice Specialist

Ray Miller

HC Choice Policy

• 503-378-8190
• Jenny.e.cokeley@state.or.us
• 503-373-0929
• Josh.p.mellon@state.or.us
• 503-378-3121
• Raymond.miller@state.or.us