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January 15, 2019

January 15, 2019

Summary of Governor Cuomo’s 2019 State of the State and Executive Budget Address

This afternoon, Governor Cuomo presented his 2019 State of the State and offered some initial details on his 2019-2020 Executive Budget. LeadingAge NY policy staff will be reviewing the budget bills as they become available, and we will provide members with highlights and a comprehensive budget memo as we know more.

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January 15, 2019

Start Scheduling Advocacy Day Meetings!

Will you be joining LeadingAge NY, the Adult Day Health Care Council, and the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State on Tues., Feb. 5th for our Advocacy Day on nursing home, home care, hospice, ADHC, and MLTC issues? Now is the time to start scheduling meetings with your lawmakers! LeadingAge NY can assist with scheduling if necessary and asks that those who do set up their own meetings email their schedules to Sarah Daly at sdaly@leadingageny.org and Jeff Diamond at jdiamond@leadingageny.org.

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January 15, 2019

Important Calls for Home Health

Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum to be held Wed., Jan. 16th; Home Health PDGM Call to be held Tues., Feb. 12th.

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January 15, 2019

January Managed Care Policy & Planning Meeting Highlights

LHCSA network limits, CFCO preparation activities spotlighted at monthly plan meeting.

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January 15, 2019

Update on the Shutdown's Impact on HUD and You

With the shutdown continuing, LeadingAge and LeadingAge NY are working to keep all members updated.

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January 15, 2019

LeadingAge NY Comments on Revised Call-in Regulations

Despite new exemptions, questions and concerns remain for employers.

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January 15, 2019

Cash Receipts Assessment Clarification

DOH clarifies that while nursing home quality pool funding is assessable, homes should treat the supplemental payments as not subject to the assessment at this time.

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January 15, 2019

DOH Announces Webinars Regarding New Facility Evacuation Planning Tool for ACFs and Nursing Homes

Providers outside of NYC are encouraged to participate in an upcoming webinar on the tool.

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January 15, 2019

ACF QSIR Due Jan. 31st

All adult care facilities must submit statistical report on the HCS.

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January 15, 2019

Update on New Nursing Home Staffing Oversight Measure

In a memo released last month, CMS began informing state survey agencies of SNFs with potential staffing issues – specifically, facilities identified through PBJ data that have significantly low nurse staffing levels on weekends. In response to LeadingAge NY questions, CMS clarified that they are flagging the bottom decile (10 percent) in each state based on total reported weekend nurse staffing.

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