David Horvath

As an Associate Manager, David Horvath is responsible for administering PPL’s operations in New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, and part of Virginia. In New Jersey, PPL provides third-party billing, payroll services, and co-pay collection for the Global Options consolidated Medicaid Waiver program and the Jersey Assistance for Community Care Giving program, under contract with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. In Ohio, PPL provides third-party administration for the Ryan White Part B HIV/AIDS program for the Ohio Department of Health. In West Virginia, PPL provides fiscal/employer agent services and resource consulting services for Personal Options, the self-directed service model within West Virginia’s Aged and Disabled Waiver program, under contract with the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services. In Virginia, PPL provides fiscal/employer agent services for the Community Living Program and the Veterans Directed Home and Community-Based Services program. Mr. Horvath also serves as PPL’s liaison to the Cash & Counseling National Program Office and HCBS.org, operated by the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.

• Consumer Direction Programs

Mr. Horvath is a human services management expert with more than 30 years of experience facilitating and leading systems change across diverse service systems in multiple states. Prior to joining PPL, he served as a disability policy specialist at the Center for Excellence in Disabilities at West Virginia University, where he was instrumental in the design of Personal Options under a grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mr. Horvath’s related experiences include a position as the executive director of a private non-profit agency serving adults with developmental disabilities in Greene County, Pennsylvania; and as state coordinator of school-to-work transition services for secondary education students for the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services.

Mr. Horvath has authored numerous publications in education and human services. Recent works include:

Horvath, D.R. (2006). The Direct Care Workforce: Medicaid Funded Personal Assistance Services in West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

Horvath, D.R. (2006). Survey Reveals Information on Direct Support Workforce. Developments: Center for Excellence in Disabilities, 6(1), 1-2.

Horvath, D.R. (2005). Real Choice Grant Activities Support Olmstead Plan. Morgantown, WV: Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

Mr. Horvath is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.  He recently lectured on the topic of combining financial management with support broker services in self-directed programs at the annual Home and Community-Based Services conference hosted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Administration on Aging.  Mr. Horvath has been a reviewer for both the United States Department of Education and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services discretionary grants programs.  Mr. Horvath also served on the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, where he was active in promoting youth leadership forums across the nation.  

Mr. Horvath has a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling and Vocational Evaluation from West Virginia University.  He is a currently a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at West Virginia University.  His research interests include disability studies, self-direction, direct workforce issues, leadership, and statewide systems change.

   To learn more about David Horvath or other PCG Health and Human Services Subject Matter Experts, contact us at pcghhs@publicconsultinggroup.com or 1-800-210-6113.