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List of FMS Providers: Central Valley

Acumen

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer and Sole Employer

Sole Employer Rate: 14.80%

Waitlist Requirements:

  • Signed Budget and Spending Plan

  • Then 30 Days

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

Maximum Budget Amount: $500,000

Acumen Payment Information:

Accepts credit card purchases through one time credit card payment or via ACH/direct deposit/check.

Acumen Contact Information:

Yvette Torres

424-210-8810

Time Zone: PST

Website:

Essential Pay

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer

Essential Pay Payment Information:

No reimbursement

Essential Pay Contact Information:

Jessica Escalante

833-268-8530

GT Independence

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer, Sole Employer and Co-Employer

Sole Employer:

Sole Employer Rate:

12.75% + WC and sick time

Background check:

  • If not providing personal care, employer may have option to do GT background.

Sole Employer Insurance:

  • Can use GT workers comp and liability or find workers comp policy.

  • Does not offer health insurance (but can reimburse employees).

Co-Employer:

Co-Employer Rate:

19.5%; covers federal taxes, state taxes, worker's compensation, sick time.

Background check:

  • All Employees and vendors must do live scan - GT no longer pays costs.

Co-Employer Insurance:

  • Offers health insurance - full time employee chooses policy after 90 days, part time employees can get insurance after 1 year of work.

  • Employer pays 100%

  • Participant must update spending plan.

Budget Report:

Portal - can print out their own spending summary.

Wait List:

1-Jun.

Waitlist Requirements:

  • Must have IPP

  • Certified budget and draft spending plan

  • Must be turned in by the 15th to start on the 1st.

  • GT holds meeting; if you are a good fit, they will provide start date.

Other Information:

99: Not started/ WSRC home

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

  • Russian

  • Armenian

  • Tagalog

  • Vietnamese

  • Mandarin

  • Cantonese

  • Trieu Chau

  • Korean

Maximum Budget Amount: No Cap

Aveanna Support Services

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer, Sole Employer and Co-Employer (with nursing through home health agency only)

Sole Employer:

Sole Employer Rate:

14.25% + 3.3% sick time

No Health Insurance

Co-Employer:

Co-Employer Rate:

13.6% + 3.3% sick time

Background check:

  • All Employees and vendors must do live scan

No Health Insurance

Budget Report:

Uploaded on platform on 8th of the month; Login to platform to get report; Real time data.

Wait List:

1-Aug.

Waitlist Requirements:

  • Signed Budget

  • Draft Spending Plan

  • Will do 30 minute consult

  • Requires everyone to be onboarded and hired before the 10th of the month *prior* to their start date - i.e. no later than 3/10/2023 for 4/1/2023 start date

Other Information:

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

  • Vietnamese

  • Mandarin

  • Cantonese

  • Trieu Chau

Service Codes Not Supported:

  • No clinical needs (nursing, G-Tubes, etc.) - they will only provide support in the bill payer model, not co-employer.

  • Live-in caregiver

You must use Aveanna Spending Plan.

Maximum Budget Amount: $150,000 - $200,000

(requires review)

Aveanna Support Services Payment Information:

Paperwork Requirements for 1099:

  • ABC Test

  • Vendor Enrollment Form

  • Business License or Certificate

  • W-9

  • Direct Deposit Form

  • HCBS Compliant (from Regional Center - 2-4 weeks

Invoice Time:

  • Invoice Participant Responsibility

  • 45 business days to process payment (do not accept invoice directly from vendor)

No Reimbursement

Accepts credit card purchases in some cases

Electronic Time Sheet: Pays Weekly

Aveanna Support Services Contact Information:

Beatriz Casas and Olivia

866-876-3038

Other Phone Numbers:

310-215-1730 (traditional)

408-288-6701 (San Jose)

Other Contact Emails:

Northern California:

SJSDP@aveanna.com

Southern California:

FMSInfo@phs-west.com

SDP Spending Plan Submission:

sjspendingplan@aveanna.com

SDP Invoice Submission:

sjsdpinvoices@aveanna.com

SDP enrollment Inquiries:

sdpenrollment@aveanna.com

Time Zone: PST

Website:

GT Independence Payment Information:

Paperwork Requirements for 1099:

  • Enrollment process through docusign

  • W-9

  • Disclose method of payment - pay check out of state

  • Purchase of service agreement

Invoice Time:

  • Email invoice

  • Vendor sends invoice to participant in a PDF or can submit invoice if signed by participant

  • Invoice by 1st and 16th of the month, payment by 10th and 26th

No Reimbursement

Does not accept credit card purchases

EVV: Already in system

Electronic Time Sheet: Yes

GT Independence Contact Information:

Terrasel Jones

877-659-4500

Time Zone: PST

Website:

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