Kaiser Foundation Releases Reports On Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services.

The Kaiser Foundation recently released two reports on Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services (CD-PAS). CD-PAS are methods of allowing individuals more control over their services, including options for hiring, firing and setting schedules for service providers. In 2006, forty-two states offered this option, but the utilization of the services remained limited. The Kaiser reports look at quality of training, motivational factors of the workers, and ways that states monitor quality. One report examines issues from the state policymaker perspective, and the other examines issues from the perspective of enrolled individuals. The reports are available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/kcmu032408pkg.cfm