DOH Notices and Policies

DOH Notices and Policies DOH Proposes Regulations Revising Case-Mix Approach: State has not abandoned its effort to revise July 1, 2019 rates.
February 4, 2020

DOH Notices and Policies State Making Across-the-Board Cut to Medicaid Payments: LeadingAge NY, other associations object to takeback.
January 7, 2020

DOH Notices and Policies DOH Announces Emergency Preparedness Drills: Drill can be used to fulfill federal and/or state requirements for agencies to hold emergency preparedness exercises.
January 6, 2020

DOH Notices and Policies DOH Details Process for Temporary Removal of Medicaid Payment Lag: Going “off lag” can help Medicaid providers experiencing cash flow issues.
December 3, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies State Supreme Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking State’s Nursing Home Cuts: Acting Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O’Connor has granted a preliminary injunction halting a cut to Medicaid reimbursement rates that threatened the viability of nursing homes and patient care across New York.
November 7, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies DOH Renews E-Prescribing Waiver: The new e-prescribing blanket waiver supersedes the previous waiver and is effective from Nov. 1, 2019 through Oct. 31, 2020.
November 5, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies State LTC Planning Project Meets on Oct. 25th: Final meeting of the group focuses on long term care financing options.
November 1, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies Nursing Home Community Files Lawsuit Claiming Illegal $352 Million Cut by State Health Officials: A coalition representing statewide and regional nursing home and continuing care providers have filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court (Albany County) charging New York Health officials and its Health Department with violating federal and state law; and various regulations stemming from actions taken in July that reduce Medicaid funding by more than $352 million.
October 25, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies Dear Administrator Letter on Residents’ Rights-Community Placement: DAL relates to requirement for nursing homes to provide information about HCBS and community transition programs to residents.
October 22, 2019

DOH Notices and Policies DOH Adopts Regulations on Nursing Home Discharges to the Community: Regulations, effective Oct. 9^th, require nursing homes to provide information about HCBS and community transition programs to residents.
October 10, 2019