New Policies Issued and Training Required for All Long Term Care UAS-NY Users
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Uniform Assessment System for New York (UAS-NY) Project Team have issued a directive to all UAS-NY Users with a Long Term Care (LTC) Role, LTC Health Commerce System (HCS) Coordinators, and Administrators regarding the release of three new policies and one updated policy for UAS-NY users. The policies go into effect on Tues., Oct. 6, 2020.
There is required training associated with the new policies. The directive, available here, requires UAS-NY users to complete new course 1007-MLTC Required Reading by Oct. 28th.
The policies are as follows:
Updated Policy
- UAS-NY.18.4.2 A Organization and Individual Responsibilities Associated with Using the UAS-NY
New Policies
- UAS-NY.18.4.2 B Additional Organization and Individual Responsibilities Associated with Using the UAS-NY
- UAS-NY.19.3 Course Transfers for the Uniform Assessment System for New York (UAS-NY)
- UAS-NY.19.4 UAS Role Provisioning and Maintenance for the Uniform Assessment System for New York (UAS-NY)
New Course Required
The new required training Course 1007-MLTC Required Reading is available starting Oct. 5th and will be placed under the Recommended Courses header. It will be placed under the Required Courses header at the close of business on Wed., Oct. 28, 2020. At that time, users who have not completed the course will not be allowed access to the UAS-NY without first completing it. The new course will be required for all LTC users.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the UAS-NY Project Team. Please be prepared to provide your HCS User ID when you call them at 518-408-1021. If you email your questions to uasny@health.ny.gov, please include your HCS User ID in all email communication.
Contact: Meg Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-929-9342