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Consumer Directions, Inc.

Financial Management Services (FMS) Provider

A New Direction Inc.

1140 Elm St E, St. Joseph, MN, 56374

(866) 400-1017

Website

https://consumerdirections.info/consumer-directed-community-supports-cdcs

Service Details

Description

A Financial Management Service (FMS) provider provides fiscal management services to people who are self-directing their services. As the person's fiscal agent, FMS providers help support people to fulfill their responsibilities in being the employer of their workers; paying vendors and suppliers; and the billing and bookkeeping of self-directed service funds.


This agency also assists in:
* Ensuring that what the person spends his/her funds on follows the rules of the program and the lead-agency-approved plan
* Helping the person obtain workers' compensation
* Educating the person on how to employ workers
* Documenting and reporting all spending of program funds
* Initiating background studies for workers
* Filing federal and state payroll taxes for workers on the person's behalf


FMS providers are experts in accounting and finance, and employment regulations and practices. These agencies are accountable to several state and federal agencies including: the Minnesota Department of Labor, the Minnesota Department of Revenue, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), the United States Department of Labor, and the Internal Revenue Service.


Learn more about this service in the Community-Based Services Manual.


Additional Information

Participant Directed Services include:
* Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS)
* Deaf-Blind Consumer Directed Services
* Private Pay for Older Adults (services to help seniors remain in their home by paying privately for non-agency workers to come into their home to provide them the help they need, rather than paying a home care agency's overhead.)


Features

  • Area Served by County
    • Benton County 
    • Stearns County 
  • Payment
    • Alternative Care Waiver (AC) 
    • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
    • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
    • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
    • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 
    • Elderly Waiver (EW) 

Eligibility

Anyone self-directing their services and seeking help with employing and managing workers, and paying for services and goods that support the individual to continue living in the community may use an FMS provider.


People on the following publicly funded self-directed consumer direction programs are required to use an Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrolled FMS provider:
* Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) - for people on the Medical Assistance Home and Community Based Services waivers or the Alternative Care Program
* State-funded Consumer Support Grant (CSG)
* Self-Directed Services under Title III of the Older Americans Act
* Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services


Application Instructions

Call for help to start this service or answer any questions that you may have.


Fees

Financial Management Services providers charge a monthly fee for fiscal management services. These fees vary depending on the scope of services needed.


Area Served

Benton and Stearns Counties


Websites

https://consumerdirections.info/consumer-directed-community-supports-cdcs

https://consumerdirections.info

Phone Numbers

Type Number Hours
Main (866) 400-1017

Last Update

8/21/2024

Other Locations

This provider does not offer this service at other locations.

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