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Legislation Affecting Long Term Care & Aging
The latest installation in our series on legislation recently passed by the New York State Legislature (introduced here) addresses legislation in the long term care and aging space. It follows upon...
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NYS Department of Health Report Green Lights Legalization of Marijuana
In January 2018, during the Executive budget address, Governor Cuomo directed the Department of Health (DOH) to review the health, criminal justice and economic impacts of regulating recreational...
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This past July 26, 2018 was the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), landmark civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities....
View ArticleDOH Issues Request for Information for New LHCSA Need Methodology
As we previously reported, the 2018-19 New York State Budget passed in March includes significant provisions intended to reduce the number of Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSAs) around the...
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N.Y. Court of Appeals Reinstates Justice Center’s Oversight of Provider Agencies
New York State Court of Appeals, Albany, New York Earlier this Summer, the Court of Appeals overturned the Appellate Division Third Department’s (the “Third Department”) unanimous decision in The...
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Newly Enacted Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program Advertisement...
As recounted in our recent analysis of the 2018-19 New York State Budget (“Enacted Budget”), the Enacted Budget included new restrictions on fiscal intermediaries participating in the Consumer...
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Medicaid Providers: Don’t Forget to Include Your Annual Compliance Program...
As New Yorkers are preparing for Thanksgiving and the official start to the holiday season (although some could argue it started a month ago), required Medicaid providers should also be reviewing...
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2019 Executive Budget Expands OMIG Oversight Authority
Since the advent of the Medicaid managed care program there has been a lingering question as to when a Medicaid dollar stopped being a Medicaid dollar. With fee-for-service providers that were paid...
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Home Health Care Aides Working Twenty-Four Hour Shifts Can Be Paid For...
Home health care aides working twenty-four hour shifts can be paid for as little as thirteen hours under certain conditions, according to a March ruling from the New York Court of Appeals in Andryeyeva...
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Healthcare Bills Passed in the 2018 Legislative Session
The scheduled 2018 New York State Legislative Session concluded last week amid many of the same speculations and controversies that have characterized all of the Legislature’s activities in recent...
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