Recommendations include guidance for post-acute care collaborations; elimination of the PRI for nursing home admissions; investment in information technology and telehealth; consumer and provider education on hospice, palliative care, and advance care planning; and changes in the originating site limits for telehealth services.

DOH meeting yields updates on survey trends, staffing, applications under review, and more.

DOH provides an implementation timeline update and discusses systems work underway.

Mandatory Home Care Worker Wage Parity certification forms are due March 1^st for CHHAs, LTHHCPs, and MCOs that provide or arrange for aide services in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester.

Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum will be held on Wed., Feb. 28^th; Special Open Door Forum on Home Health Templates and CDEs to be held on Thurs., March 1^st.

DOH will be developing a revised Program Manual for TBI and holding a webinar on cost reporting for waiver programs; Conflict of Interest implementation forms also due March 1^st.

The President's FY 2019 budget proposal includes steep cuts to HUD funding.

Nursing homes, home care agencies, and hospice programs utilizing "certified electronic health record technology under the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)" must connect to their Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) by March 9, 2018 or submit a waiver request to the Department of Health.