1808
3rd Ave. SE Rochester,
MN 55904 507-281
6116 Fax 507-281-6117
PossAbilities mission is to support individuals with disabilities and the elderly as active community participants. We believe that all people:
- have unique strengths, needs and potential for lifelong growth;
- are valued, contributing members of society ;
- are entitled to community resources and
- are entitled to make choices for achieving their own potential in an environment which supports their personal growth and development.
If you are using the Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS)* service of the Medical Assistance (MA) waiver program and are interested in having more control over your supports, PossAbilities can offer you a variety of services to help you. These services include Fiscal Support Entity Services (FSE), Payroll Agent Services, Fiscal Conduit Services and Agency with Choice Services. If you are using CDCS waiver funding you must have a FSE. Through the FSE service you may choose whichever service or combination of services that gives you with the level of support you want in directing your supports.
Fiscal Support Entity (FSE) Services
PossAbilities can provide you with FSE services if you live in Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha or Winona counties. As a Fiscal Support Entity PossAbilities is responsible for billing for goods and services you use, reporting to you what was billed each month and giving you information regarding CDCS services. As your FSE PossAbilities does not limit your choice of provider for other services. The FSE model PossAbilities offers is shown below.
PossAbilities Fiscal Support Entity Service (FSE)
Fiscal Conduit Service Disburse
public funds to the consumer and/or their representative. Consumer manages the funds and pays
support workers and other support needs. Payroll Agent Service Manage
support worker payroll for the consumer and/or their representative. The consumer is the employer and the FSE
is the appointed employer agent. Agency with Choice Service Function
as the common law employer for support workers hired, trained and
supervised by the consumer and/or their representative. Typically includes payroll functions,
workers compensation, unemployment and liability insurance coverage for
support workers.
Fiscal Conduit Services
PossAbilities’ Fiscal Conduit Service will assist you by processing and paying invoices for goods and services authorized in your Community Support Plan. You manage support staff payroll functions yourself and submit invoices for goods or services to PossAbilities. The Fiscal Conduit Service provided by PossAbilities will then ‘pay the bills’ for you. This service offers you minimal support and gives you the greatest level of control over your supports.
Invoicing tasks PossAbilities provides include:
· Process and pay invoices for goods or services
· Maintain records for all waiver expenditures including vendor invoices, payroll summaries, etc.
· Provide you with monthly reports on budget expenditures
Payroll Agent Services
PossAbilities’ Payroll Agent Service will assist you
in your efforts to direct your own supports by helping with payroll related
tasks. You are considered the legal
employer and will recruit, interview, hire, determine wages, schedule and
supervise your own support workers.
You are responsible for obtaining necessary insurance for your support
workers. PossAbilities will refer you
to possible sources of insurance coverage if requested. As the employer, you appoint PossAbilities
with the authority to act as your agent in paying support workers and
completing required governmental paperwork.
This service offers you a high level of control and responsibility for
your support workers.
Payroll related tasks PossAbilities provides for you
include:
·
Assistance
in establishing you as an employer
·
Verifying
citizenship of support workers
·
Completing
Department of Human Services Background Checks on support workers if
specifically requested
·
Issuing
pay checks to support workers
·
Withholding
and filing required employment taxes
·
Submitting
quarterly and annual IRS filings on your behalf
·
Assistance
in obtaining workers compensation insurance
·
Provide
you with monthly reports on budget expenditures
Agency with Choice Services
With the Agency with Choice Service you recruit,
interview, hire, determine wages, schedule and supervise your own support
workers. The Agency with Choice then
does specific employment related tasks for you. With this service you or your representative is considered the
managing employer and PossAbilities is considered the employer of record for
your support workers. This service
offers you support while giving you a high level of control with your support
workers.
Employment related tasks PossAbilities provides for
you include:
·
Verifying
citizenship of support workers
·
Completing
Department of Human Services Background Checks and driving record checks on
support workers
·
Issuing
pay checks to support workers
·
Withholding
and filing required employment taxes
·
Providing
workers compensation, unemployment and liability insurance for support workers
·
Providing
consultation on employment related issues as requested
·
Provide
you with monthly reports on budget expenditures
As an FSE PossAbilities will bill for services
provided by PossAbilities Agency with Choice Service or for another Agency with
Choice you want to use. You are not
required to use PossAbilities as your Agency with Choice. A list of Agencies with Choice available in
each county is attached.
Please note that PossAbilities may have a financial
interest in the provision of CDCS in that PossAbilities also provides Day
Training and Habilitation, Supported Employment, PCA Choice and MR/RC Waiver
services. PossAbilities will provide
you with a letter further explaining potential conflict of interest.
If you have any questions please feel free to
contact PossAbilities Program Consultant at 507 281-6116.
The
following are the rates for Fiscal Support Entity (FSE) and related services
offered through PossAbilities effective April 1, 2005.
|
Service |
Fee Amount |
Payroll Costs |
|
Fiscal
Conduit and FSE |
$60
per month |
|
|
Payroll
Agent and FSE |
$60 per month plus monthly fee based on number of employees: ·
One employee - $60 ·
Two employees - $90 ·
Three or more employees - $120 |
7.65%
of payroll for FICA plus actual cost of workers compensation and unemployment |
|
Agency
with Choice and FSE |
$60 per month plus $.70 per support worker hour |
13%
of payroll for FICA, unemployment, workers compensation and liability
insurance |
|
Flexible
Case Management * |
$40 per hour |
|
*
Cannot provide Flexible Case Management and direct services (including Agency
with Choice) to the same individual