CDASS Self-Direction Software for Colorado FMS Agencies

Self-direction is a different operating model

Under Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services, the member is the employer. They recruit their attendants, set schedules, and manage an allocation. The FMS agency handles payroll, tax filings, and compliance, but does not control the day-to-day. Software built for traditional agency-model home care assumes a scheduler in an office assigning shifts, and it fits this world badly.

OutcomeGrid models the member as the decision maker. Attendants are tied to the member's authorization, hours draw down against a visible allocation, and the FMS agency sees the whole picture in real time rather than after a pay period closes.

What members and their attendants get

• Attendant clock-in and clock-out from a phone, with GPS capture and offline support.
• A telephony option for attendants who do not use a smartphone.
• Multi-language mobile interface so language is not a barrier to accurate time capture.
• A running view of hours used and hours remaining in the current allocation period.
• Simple approval of submitted time by the member or their authorized representative.

What the FMS agency gets

• Every attendant visit captured as EVV data and transmitted to Colorado's Sandata aggregator as a Provider Choice system.
• Timesheets built from verified visits rather than typed in and later corrected.
• Payroll hours generated automatically, with exceptions surfaced before the run rather than after.
• Allocation monitoring and overspend alerts across every member you serve.
• Attendant credential and training records with expiration alerts.
• Complete audit trail of who recorded what, when, and from where.

Reducing the reconciliation burden

The most expensive hours in an FMS operation are the ones spent reconciling three versions of the same week: what the attendant says they worked, what the EVV system recorded, and what payroll paid. When all three derive from one verified visit record, that work largely disappears and the remaining exceptions are visible immediately rather than at month end.

Agencies also gain something harder to quantify: a defensible record. Every hour paid traces back to a timestamped, location-verified visit tied to an active authorization, which is exactly what an audit asks for.