LeadingAge NY is calling on the State Legislature to reject a proposal in Governor Hochul’s budget that, if implemented, would disrupt the delivery of specialized MLTC services to older adults and people with disabilities.

The needs of older New Yorkers and a focused plan of action to address a workforce crisis in the long-term care sector are clear signs of engagement and understanding from Governor Kathy Hochul as she outlined her priorities for 2022, according to LeadingAge NY.

LeadingAge NY is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to provide an immediate Medicaid rate increase to New York’s nursing homes to enable them to staff their facilities appropriately, deliver high-quality care to their residents, and relieve hospital overcrowding.

LeadingAge NY is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to provide an immediate Medicaid rate increase to New York’s nursing homes to enable them to staff their facilities appropriately, deliver high-quality care to their residents, and relieve hospital overcrowding.

LeadingAge NY testified before the Public Health and Health Planning Council on Oct. 7^th and offered its recommendations to enhance care and services within the long-term care sector, calling its perspective a “dose of reality.”

New York State must make long term care a top priority for allocation of resources under its proposed $17 billion Medicaid waiver in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, urged LeadingAge NY in a letter to Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

As New York State’s COVID-19 community infection rates decline and vaccination levels increase, LeadingAge NY is calling on DOH to revise its COVID-19 testing and reporting requirements for long term care providers.

The countdown to the start of the New York State fiscal year is now 20 days, and LeadingAge New York has released an analysis indicating that in recent years the long-term care sector has been disproportionately impacted by cuts to Medicaid, while other sectors such as hospitals, managed care and pharmacy providers have felt more modest contraction.