Who can complete SOC 873?

The SOC 873 form must be filled out by a licensed health care professional and returned to the county within 45 days of the date of your assessment. Unless this form is completed and returned, your client will lose authorization for IHSS services.

What is IHSS certification?

The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program provides in-home assistance to eligible aged, blind and disabled individuals as an alternative to out-of-home care and enables recipients to remain safely in their own homes. Over 520,000 IHSS providers currently serve over 600,500 recipients.

Is Ihss a Medi-Cal program?

If you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or meet all Medi-Cal income eligibility requirements, you may be able to receive IHSS services. IHSS is a Medi-Cal program and is funded by federal, state, and county dollars.

Can you get IHSS without Medi-Cal?

You must have a Medi-Cal eligibility determination. You must live at home or an abode of your own choosing (acute care hospital, long-term care facilities, and licensed community care facilities are not considered “own home”).

How much will IHSS pay in 2020?

IHSS Provider Wage Increases

Is IHSS considered self employment?

In January 2017, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) began allowing IHSS and WPCS providers to self-certify whether they live in the same home with the recipient for whom they provide services.

Will I get a W-2 from IHSS?

The IHSS processing center begins issuing duplicate W-2’s after the third week of February. To request a duplicate W-2, providers should contact their local IHSS county payroll office to request the duplicate W-2.

Who is eligible for IHSS?

To be eligible, you must be over 65 years of age, or disabled, or blind. Disabled children are also eligible for IHSS. IHSS is considered an alternative to out-of-home care, such as nursing homes or board and care facilities.

Can I get more IHSS hours?

You can use IHSS hours to help you get, keep, or return to work. To do this, you need to transfer hours that were for in-home services to the workplace. IHSS will not give you more hours than you originally were getting before you started using IHSS in the workplace.

Can I be an IHSS provider?

If an applicant is approved for IHSS, the Recipient must hire a Provider (caregiver) to perform the authorized services. The Recipient is considered the Provider’s employer, and therefore it is the Recipient’s responsibility to hire, train, supervise, and fire the individual Provider. The Provider can be a family member or friend.

What is IHSS program?

IHSS is a federal, state, and locally funded program designed to provide personal and domestic services to aged, blind or disabled individuals in their own homes.