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Council Member Brannan questions OMB Director on home health care employment and policy impacts
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Council Member Justin Brannan inquires about the implications of recent changes to New York State's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) on the city's home health care job growth. OMB Director Jacques Jiha responds, acknowledging potential job decreases but expressing uncertainty about the exact impact. Brannan also asks about the effects of proposed Medicaid funding cuts on this employment sector.
- Home health care employment in NYC has grown by 9.5% (about 30,000 jobs) compared to the previous year.
- New York State has centralized CDPAP management to reduce costs, waste, and fraud.
- The potential impact of Medicaid funding cuts on home health care employment is briefly discussed.
Justin Brannan
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The home health care employment has been rapidly expanding in the city as baby boomers reached their senior years.
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In April, '2 hundred and '90 '3 thousand New Yorkers were employed in this sector, which was around 9.5% or about almost 30,000 jobs greater than at the same point in the prior year.
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New York State's consumer directed personal assistance program, CDPAP, funded through Medicaid, allows recipients to choose a home healthcare provider including relatives and friends.
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Recently, New York State has transformed the management of CDPAP from using many individual fiscal intermediaries to only one statewide intermediary, NYS PPL, to reduce costs, waste and fraud.
0:56:47
What are the anticipated implications of this structural change to the city's home health care job growth?
Jacques Jiha
0:56:57
Like you said, this was one of the drivers for us in terms of employment gain.
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The state regulated this program.
0:57:06
At this moment in time, I cannot tell you exactly how this thing is going to play out.
0:57:11
But our expectation is it's probably going to lead to some kind of decrease the number of jobs in that sector.
0:57:20
But at this moment in time, I can't tell you for sure.
Justin Brannan
0:57:23
And do you anticipate that that the cuts that the president and congress are supporting for Medicaid funding for states would exacerbate this employment area?
Jacques Jiha
0:57:34
That could be.