Enrollment Made Easy
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Enrollment Made Easy

Palco is proud to unveil an updated version of our Intake Enrollment portal! New Enhancements Include: This revolutionary approach to further digitizing the self-directed enrollment willprovide end users with a faster and simpler experience. By eliminating waste anddelays often experienced by printing forms, gathering multiple signatures, andsending in documents manually, Palco has made a historically…

Palco selected as financial management services vendor for state of West Virginia supporting people using self-directed care.
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Palco selected as financial management services vendor for state of West Virginia supporting people using self-directed care.

Financial management services company expands to 11 states,will serve West Virginia’s Department of Human Services, Personal Options Program. Palco, a financial management services company focused on empowering independence for long-term care Medicaid service recipients receiving support services at home or in community-based settings is expanding its service area to an 11th state: West Virginia. The company…

Palco Re-Awarded Self-Direction Home Care Contract by State of Colorado
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Palco Re-Awarded Self-Direction Home Care Contract by State of Colorado

Palco, the nation’s first leading provider of financial management services (FMS) toMedicaid self-directed care programs, announced today the re-award of a contract fromthe State of Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing foradministration of the state’s Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS)program. Palco has partnered with the State of Colorado since 2019, empowering independencefor over…

Care is a Click Away

Care is a Click Away

On December 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) presented guidance* to states to leverage worker registries to boost beneficiaries’ access to home- and community-based services (HCBS). While the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) helped HCBS programs tremendously, ARPA says that “states must use funds to implement or supplement activities to enhance, expand,…

2023 Financial Management Services End of Year Memo
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2023 Financial Management Services End of Year Memo

This memo will answer some frequently asked end-of-year questions as well as tell you what you can expect from Palco as we close out 2023. W-2 Forms The IRS requires that all 2023 W-2s be mailed to employees no later than January 31, 2024. Palco will mail all W-2s through the United States Postal Service…

What is Self-Direction?

What is Self-Direction?

Self-direction is a model of long-term care that helps people—of all ages with varying disabilities—live independent lives in their own homes. Self-direction began in the 1980’s during a movement to de-institutionalize people with disabilities from settings like nursing homes and hospitals and get them back into the community receiving their care. According to the AARP…

Veteran Directed Care
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Veteran Directed Care

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes the self-directed or consumer-directed service delivery model as a meaningful strategy for veterans of all ages to access long term services and supports in a home and community based setting. The Veterans Directed Care (VDC) program was developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health…