LeadingAge NY has partnered with other associations to identify and make recommendations on several unresolved nursing home managed care transition issues.

LeadingAge NY highlights May 15 Managed Care Policy and Planning Meeting.

Recording of DSRIP educational program and LeadingAge NY advocacy.

The Department of Health’s (DOH) Quality Advisory Committee met on May 16 in New York City to discuss the committee’s role in the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, the State Health Innovation Plan, updated online provider profiles and other initiatives.

DOH has posted RHCF-4 and RHCF-2 Medicaid cost report software along with Dear Administrator Letters (DALs) providing guidance on accessing and filing the reports by Aug. 15, 2014.

CMS issues new guidance under F-tag F371 on the sanitary storage, preparation and distribution of food.

The CMS Innovation Center announced, last week, twelve awarded projects under Round Two of Health Care Innovations Awards.

DOH has identified and corrected an error in one of the measures used to calculate nursing home quality pool scores.