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List of FMS Providers: Tri-Counties

Acumen

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer and Sole Employer

Sole Employer:

Sole Employer Rate: 15.10%

Wait List:

Introductory call with new inquiries:

  • They will provide overview

  • If good fit, they will give start date approx. 60 days from initial consult.

Waitlist Requirements:

  • Signed Budget and Spending Plan

  • Then 30 Days

Other Information:

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

Maximum Budget Amount: $500,000

Acumen Payment Information:

Credit Card Purchase:

  • Participant needs to fill a purchase request form; they must include the link, price, size, color, etc.

  • Acumen makes purchases at the same time of payment cycles (twice per month).

Acumen Contact Information:

Yvette Torres

424-210-8810

General Help Line:

877-211-3738

Time Zone: PST

Website:

Essential Pay

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer

Wait List:

Waiting List

Other Information:

Only permits one pay rate for all personal assistants

Maximum Budget Amount: $50,000

Essential Pay Payment Information:

No reimbursement

Essential Pay Contact Information:

Jessica Escalante

833-268-8530

FMS Pay

FMS Pay Contact Information:

Kyle Jones

858-281-5910

Website:

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

More information coming soon!

GT Independence

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer, Sole Employer and Co-Employer

Bill Payer:

Bill Payer Rate:

1% non-payroll burden rate for the purchase of goods and vendor services in clients' spending plans.

Sole Employer:

Sole Employer Rate:

Standard Employer Taxes – 11.95%

California Taxes – 3.86%

Other Program Costs – 2.19%

Total: 18% Employer Burden

Sick time is minimum 3 days and if the family wants to purchase a single policy through GT it is a dollar amount specific to the individual and the number of full time and part time employees. This way families are buying a policy specifically for their program structure and need.

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:

Standard Employer Taxes – 11.95%

California Taxes (including Worker’s Comp) – 6.6%

Other Program Costs – 2.19%

Employee Benefit Options – 3.26%

Total: 24%

Part time employees are eligible for benefits, when they meet the eligibility requirements to enroll.

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.

  • Sick pay rolls over if not used up to 3 years (24 hours per year).

Budget Report:

Portal - can print out their own spending summary.

Wait List:

Call FMS for start date.

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 (currently 4 months out).

Other Information:

Primary RC Vendor: WRC

099-Vendor Status: 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. They recommend estimating 20%.

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:

After consult 4 month transition

  • Northern California: Accepting consult meetings now; must have a signed budget, spending plan and have all employees onboarded by the 10th of the month prior to start date; the start date will be set at the consult meeting; to set up consult, email: SJSpendingPlan@aveanna.com

  • Southern California: Email fmsinfo@aveanna.com to schedule a consultation meeting for the first week of July (include participant name and regional center); must have a certified budget and spending plan; the expected start date is October 1st; Aveanna is full through the end of 2023 as of 6/26/23

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

Credit Card Purchase:

  • Must fill out purchase request on Google form; either online purchase (no Best Buy) over the phone invoice submitted.

  • Purchase takes 7-14 days

  • Pay with credit card will not leave card on file

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

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24Hour Homecare

Main Information:

Services Available:

Bill Payer and Co-Employer

Wait List: Not taking new clients

Languages:

  • English

  • Spanish

24Hour Homecare Payment Information:

No reimbursement

24Hour Homecare Contact Information:

310-258-9411

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

Credit Card Purchase: On Approval

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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