Home and Community-Based Services

7 days ago
Home and Community-Based Services Revised LHCSA Weekly HERDS Reporting Underway: Important clarifications regarding new report.

3 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services LeadingAge NY Meets with DOH and Other Stakeholders: DOH provides updates including upcoming call on TB testing, education on hospice, PACE regulations, and more.

3 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services LeadingAge NY Summary of One-House Budget Bills: LeadingAge NY provides a high-level summary of one-house bills, each of which contains investments and actions that respond to many LeadingAge NY priorities.

4 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services State Issues HCBS DAL as State Transitions to Statewide Fiscal Intermediary: The DAL sets forth the differences between CDPAS and LHCSA care delivery and program for providers, aides, and consumers.

6 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services DOH Commissioner Declares Influenza Prevalent: Declaration triggers requirement for certain members.

Home and Community-Based Services DOH to Host Lunch and Learn Series for Home Care and Hospice on June 17th: The Department will answer FAQs for LHCSAs, CHHAs, and hospice providers.
22 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services DOH Revises HERDS Reporting for Licensed Home Care Services Agencies: Changes will be effective June 17^th; all ALP LHCSAs, regardless of patient type, will be required to report.
22 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services MOLST Form Updated Again: The new form, issued June 2^nd, follows an earlier update in May. A new DAL accompanied the latest update.
28 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Reminder: Join Us for Public Affairs Council Meeting This Thurs., June 5th!: Join us for this meeting to discuss the important bills that are moving in the final days of the 2025 Legislative Session, as well as early plans for summer advocacy efforts.
28 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Reminder: Billing Changes Coming Up for NHTD/TBI Waiver Programs: Changes go into effect July 1^st; DOH webinar held for providers.
22 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services We Need Your Voice to Shape LeadingAge NY's Strategic Direction: We need your input to help guide LeadingAge NY’s strategic planning process. Please take a few minutes to answer a brief survey via this link. As a member-driven organization, your feedback is critical to ensure that the association’s work meets the needs of the membership. We ask that you respond by June 20^th and thank you in advance for your time.
27 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Supreme Court Decisions Enable Revocations of Legal Status for Venezuelans and Others: The U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions in recent weeks enabling the Trump administration to categorically revoke the legal status of certain non-citizens, while lower court cases challenging the administration's policies are pending.
28 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Federal Home Health and Hospice Update: A win for MA data collection, a new bill on prior authorization transparency and modernization, and changes to the HOPE manual.
28 days ago

Urge U.S. Senate to Oppose Budget Reconciliation Bill
The Senate is considering legislation that would cut at least $800 billion in federal funding from the Medicaid program (the largest cut in American history). The budget bill would deeply harm older adults and the mission-driven, nonprofit providers who serve them, particularly in NY. Please click here to read more and urge Congress to reject the proposed budget bill!
Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is moving through the budget reconciliation process, which aims to reduce federal spending by approximately $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Given the significant amount of savings being sought, Medicaid is a highly likely source of cuts (potentially up to $880 billion). Write to your members of Congress today to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation bills or other legislation.