Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities

4 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities LeadingAge NY Summary of One-House Budget Bills: LeadingAge NY provides a high-level summary of one-house bills, each of which contains investments and actions that respond to many LeadingAge NY priorities.

4 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH ALP Need Methodology Workgroup Meets Again: Workgroup considered proposal to approach presumption and demonstration of need for ALP by county.

5 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH ALR Quality Measures Workgroup Further Refines Measures: Workgroup refines language and makes minor modifications to potential quality measures.

5 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities CMS Approves State Plan Amendment Regarding ALP Residents and Hospice: This approval moves us one step closer to ensuring that ALP residents can receive hospice care without having to disenroll from either program.

11 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH ALR Quality Measures Workgroup Further Refines Proposed Quality Measures: LeadingAge NY has been actively engaged in conversations to implement aspects of law passed last year.

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Register Now for March 12th DOH Lunch and Learn for LHCSAs: The Department will answer frequently asked questions regarding LHCSAs.
13 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Alzheimer's Association Center for Dementia Respite Innovation Releases Grant Information: Letters of intent are due March 24, 2025.
19 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Governor and AG Issue Guidance to Providers on Immigration Enforcement Actions: Governor Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James issued guidance last week for private health and social services providers and houses of worship on responding to federal immigration enforcement activities.
20 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Navigating Use of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefit "Flex Cards": Following LeadingAge advocacy throughout 2024 urging clarification on how to treat MA plan supplemental benefits offered as “flex cards” to beneficiaries, HUD, USDA, and CMS have provided additional information, outlined in a new members-only resource.
20 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Capital ACF/AL Regional Meeting CANCELLED: Capital Region meeting scheduled for March 4 is cancelled.
16 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Congress Ponders Eliminating Employee Retention Tax Credit: Ending the program is included among the ideas for potential budget savings.
19 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Telehealth Updates Under Medicare and Medicaid: Medicare's telehealth flexibilities set to expire in April, while NYS updates Medicaid telehealth policies.
20 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Workgroup Strives to Finalize ALR Quality Measures: Workgroup settles on key concepts for ALR quality measures.
21 days ago

Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is preparing to pass a budget resolution to move forward on tax and spending priorities. Members are encouraged to write to your members of Congress to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation or other legislation.
Urge Governor Hochul to Eliminate the Daily HERDS Survey!
Nursing homes and ACFs have been completing the daily HERDS survey for over four years. LeadingAge NY thanks members for their advocacy thus far and encourages members to send an email to the Governor urging the elimination of this burdensome requirement.