Home and Community-Based Services

5 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services CMS Issues Final 2024 Home Health Payment Rule for Medicare Providers: Cuts based on behavioral assumptions relating to PDGM continue to hurt home health providers.

5 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services DOH Guidance Clarifies Permissible Roles of Legal Guardians of CDPAS Members: A parent or legal guardian of an adult CDPAS member, age 21 or older, may serve as that member's CDPAS personal assistant, provided that they are not also the member's designated representative.

5 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services Health Commissioner Issues Standing Order for Pharmacists to Administer RSV Vaccines to Those 60 and Older: Adults age 60 and older are encouraged to get the vaccine.

6 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services Reminders of Various Vaccination Requirements and Reporting: DOH-regulated providers are reminded of various long-standing and newer requirements.

6 months ago
Home and Community-Based Services LeadingAge NY Participates in Fifth Work Group Meeting Regarding ALP and Hospice Services: LeadingAge NY continues to work to try to enable Medicaid-eligible ALP residents to receive hospice.

Home and Community-Based Services Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Opens 2024 Grant Application Process: Letters of Inquiry being accepted until Thurs., April 25^th.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Two Weeks Until LeadingAge National's Leadership Summit and Lobby Day!: LeadingAge NY members are encouraged to join us in Washington, D.C. from April 15^th-17^th for LeadingAge National’s 2024 Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services DOH Holds 2022 Home Care Cost Report Lessons Learned Webinar: Note new changes in the 2023 report, which will be posted in late May 2024.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services CMS Webinar on New Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule: Slides and Recording Now Available: CMS hosted a webinar on the new Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule. The new Rule is intended to improve health information exchange to facilitate access to health records for patients, health care providers, and payers and streamline prior authorization processes implemented by government-funded payers.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Master Plan for Aging Workgroups Wind Down Work; Advisory Report of Recommendations Due Later This Year: The final Plan, based on the advisory report of recommendations from a year’s work by stakeholders, advocates, and the public, is expected to be adopted by Governor Hochul in early 2025.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services CMS Proposes FY 2025 Hospice Payment Rule: Provides for a 2.6 percent increase over 2024 rates.
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services Reminder: Next Public Affairs Council Meeting Scheduled for Thurs., April 4th!: LeadingAge NY will be hosting our April Public Affairs Council meeting this Thurs., April 4^th at 3 p.m. If you have not already signed up to be a part of the Council, you can still do so here!
23 days ago

Home and Community-Based Services CMS to Host Webinar on Person-Centered Service Planning in HCBS: Register now for the webinar on Wed., April 10^th from 2-3:30 p.m. ET.
24 days ago