As we reported earlier today to our clients, the New York Department of Health (“DOH”) has announced that it has postponed the deadline for LHCSAs and FIs to submit the wage parity certification information [...]
The final NYS Budget was released over the weekend. In addition to bail reform, gas price relief, childcare and other measures, the Budget contains a lot of relevant information for the home care industry. [...]
The final language of the New York State Budget has started to be released. We have not yet seen whether Fair Pay for Home Care has made it into the Budget. There were troubling [...]
The New York State Budget is late this year, but it is expected to be finalized on Thursday, April 7. The Budget will contain several bills relevant to home care, however, in this article [...]
Fair Pay for Home Care Workers is in, Along with Proposals to Set Reimbursement Rates and Pause the CDPAP RFO Legislative “One House” budget proposals were released late Saturday night by the Assembly, and [...]
We have been informed that CMS has approved New York's plan for distribution of the Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage monies ("FMAP") to the State's licensed home care services agencies. DOH will now make [...]
On March 1, Governor Hochul signed Executive Order 4.6 which extended various regulatory waivers for home care providers. Of importance, the EO allows LHCSAs and CHHAs to conduct in-home supervision of aides as soon [...]
Our firm has received numerous questions over the last several days as the June 1, 2022 deadline for wage parity compliance certification approaches. This year will be the first time that providers will be [...]
New York Senator John Mannion, the Chairman of Committee on Disabilities, has introduced a bill to repeal and replace the CDPAP RFO with a registration process for all fiscal intermediaries that are operating as [...]
The State DOH has once again updated the isolation and quarantine requirements for healthcare staff (see here). The changes largely affect individuals who are exposed but not infected. For infected healthcare staff, employers in [...]