Financial Management Services (FMS) Conference - 2009

IRS; Participant Direction; The State of Participant Direction in Medicaid; New Guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and What it Means for Participant Direction and Fiscal/Employer Agents; Tax Forms; Provision of Fiscal/Employer Agent Services; Forms Required by Fiscal/Employer Agents; National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services; Strategies for Monitoring Participant Directed Services with a Focus on Financial Management Services; Cash and Counseling Programs; Fiscal/Employer Agents: Challenges in Operations and Compliance; FICA; FUTA; Debit Cards in Participant Direction; Collaboration between Counselors and Fiscal/Employer Agents; FMS; Administration on Aging Community Living Program; Veterans Health Administration Veterans-Directed Home and Community Based Services Programs; Financial Management Service; Collaborating with Provider Agencies to Improve Participant Choice, Control and Access; Agency with Choice: Past, Present and Future; Worker Unionization in Participant Direction Programs: Impact on State and Financial Management Services Operations; States and Financial Management Services; McGaffigan, Erin; Spencer, Larry; Sciegaj, Mark; Sowers, Mary; Peltz, Linda; Wironen, Jim; Davis, Judith; Cook, Janine; MacDonald, Lynn; Kayala, Dianne; Barrett, Sandra; Byrd, Kristin; Carmichael, John; Carmichael, Dianne; Downey, Annette; Mohammed, Vade;