The Fiscal Year 2025 enacted budget will significantly change the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), a program of self-directed home care that allows seniors and individuals with disabilities to hire their...more
On December 26, 2020, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) updated its mandatory quarantine requirements (the Quarantine Advisory) for people who have been exposed to COVID-19 but do not develop symptoms....more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its regulations for annual assessments of health care personnel. Effective December 16, 2020, health care personnel in certain facilities will no longer be required to...more
Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled New York’s “Cluster Action Initiative.” This initiative details New York’s current plans to deal with clusters of COVID-19: by designating red (severe), orange (less severe) and yellow...more
Gov. Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.18 on April 16 which includes a number of provisions important to health care providers.
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Executive Order 202.18 requires any skilled nursing...more
In light of the significant concerns regarding COVID-19, federal agencies have authorized emergency waivers and relaxed standards pertaining to data privacy/security and reimbursement for telehealth services. ...more
The State Court of Appeals, our State’s highest court, heard argument yesterday on the important question of whether home health care aides who are working twenty-four hour live-in shifts must be paid for twenty-four hours,...more
On October 18, 2018, the New York State Court of Appeals partially invalidated the Department of Health’s Executive Order 38 regulations governing executive compensation. The result of the decision is that providers subject...more
On Friday, October 6, 2017 the New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL) used its “emergency” regulatory power to amend its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations, relating to home care workers...more
With the Congress and the President aligned to repeal the Affordable Care Act, there are now renewed efforts to make further changes designed to close perceived loopholes in eligibility for long term care. On February 1, 2017...more