New FAQ Document Clarifies Details on LHCSA Moratorium

Yesterday, the Department of Health (DOH) released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document providing more detail on the Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA) Moratorium (2018-2020) Guidance.

The FAQ answers a range of questions, including several relating to new approvals of Assisted Living Program (ALP)-affiliated LHCSAs and their limitation to serving only ALP residents. It also addresses LHCSA expansion of sites, services, and counties; transfers of ownership; details on the applications and instructions for consolidation of LHCSAs; inactive home care licenses; details for articulating Serious Concerns Exceptions; controlling entities seeking to acquire LHCSAs; and more.

LeadingAge NY provided comment on the initial guidance document expressing our concerns regarding overreaching restrictions on LHCSA change of ownership and the establishment of new controlling entities.

Please contact us if you have questions regarding this FAQ, other aspects of the moratorium, or other related issues such as the new LHCSA registration requirement or the Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) LHCSA cap on contracts. More information on these issues may be found here, here, and here.

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