Upcoming Deadline: 2024 Home Care Cost Report Due August 29th

(August 12, 2025) Members are reminded that the 2024 Home Care Cost Report is due for submission on Friday, August 29, 2025. Providers required to submit this report are Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs), Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSAs), and Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs).

Resources for reporters are available on the Department of Health's Home Care Cost Report website.

The 2024 Home Care Cost Report launched on May 30, 2025, and is submitted exclusively via KPMG’s web-based tool. Supporting documentation is submitted separately via the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). These documents are due by Friday, September 5, 2025.

Pre-recorded webinars remain available for providers and stakeholders needing an overview of the process. Topics for these sessions include terminology, cost allocation, schedule descriptions, and more. The modules can be accessed via the “Useful Links” section of the instructions tab on the web-based tool.

If you have questions, email KPMG at us-advrisknyshc@kpmg.com.

As members know, the Home Care Cost Report is required to be completed by CHHAs, LHCSAs, and FIs. Please note that the below agencies are not required to complete the Home Care Cost Report:

Assisted Living Program (ALP)-only agencies
Private pay-only agencies
Hospital-based CHHAs or LHCSAs
Private duty nursing-only agencies
Agencies receiving no Medicaid reimbursement [through Fee-for-Service (FFS) or Managed Long Term Care (MLTC)]
LHCSAs that contract with CHHAs and provide no other home care services
CHHAs that provide ONLY hospice services
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)-only facilities
Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program-only facilities

For more information on the report, see LeadingAge NY's previous Intelligence articles here.

Contact: Meg Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871