NEW Policy on Receipt and Disbursement of HR&R Funding

MLTC Policy 14.02 provides Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans clarification regarding the appropriate use of Health Recruitment and Retention (HR&R) funding, as per New York State Public Health Law. The policy also establishes a process requiring plans to separately account for the receipt and disbursement of HR&R funds for each funding cycle and the reporting of such to DOH.

Pursuant to PHL Section 3614.10, plans have their capitation premium rates adjusted to this subdivision are required to ensure that the use of such funds are solely for the purposes of recruitment, training and retention of non-supervisory home care services workers or other personnel with direct patient care responsibility. This also applies in cases where these services are provided by agencies or programs through contracts with providers. In this instance, such purpose shall include the recruitment, training and retention of non-supervisory home care services workers or any worker with direct patient care responsibility employed by CHHAs, LHCSAs, LTHHCPs and personal care services agencies under contract with MLTC plans.

The MLTC plans will have to submit to DOH a written certification attesting that such funds will be used solely for the purposes of recruitment, training and retention of non-supervisory home health aides or other personnel with direct patient care responsibility and shall maintain in their files expenditure plans specifying how such funds will be used for such purposes.

This new policy states this is to start with the Cycle 6 award funding (April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012) and thereafter, each MLTC will be required to complete and submit expenditure tracking information on forms provided by DOH attesting that funds received were used solely for the purpose of recruitment, training and retention of non-supervisory home health aides or any personnel with direct patient care responsibility.

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871.