ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)—The New York State Health Commissioner and the Vice President of Governmental Relations of Public Partnerships LLC were in the hot seat as lawmakers in a joint Senate hearing asked them about CDPAP, also known as the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. It is the state’s home health care program funded by Medicaid that has been going through a transitional payroll change.
There have been reported problems with CDPAP’s transition from hundreds of payroll processors to just one. The processor is now Public Partnerships LLC, also known as PPL.
First to testify in the hearing that was held in New York City, was New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. James McDonald who said the transition was a way to reduce fraud and cut down on wasteful spending…