Managed Long Term Care

4 months ago
Managed Long Term Care LeadingAge NY Meets with DOH and Other Stakeholders: DOH provides updates including upcoming call on TB testing, education on hospice, PACE regulations, and more.

4 months ago
Managed Long Term Care 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.

6 months ago
Managed Long Term Care DOH Commissioner Declares Influenza Prevalent: Declaration triggers requirement for certain members.

7 months ago
Managed Long Term Care CMS Draft 2026 MA/PACE Rule Addresses Prior Authorization and Supplemental Benefit Cards: The draft proposed rule includes new guardrails for prior authorization and utilization management and clarifies the administration and use of debit cards as supplemental benefits.

1 year ago
Managed Long Term Care PHHPC Discusses Certificate of Need Reforms: At an educational session, the Public Health and Health Planning Council discussed a range of certificate of need reforms, including long-term care need methodologies and character and competence standards.

Managed Long Term Care Trump Administration Imposes New Restrictions on Federal Public Benefits for Immigrants: Four federal agencies have issued coordinated guidance and notices that expand the list of federally-funded programs that are off limits to certain categories of lawfully-present immigrants.
4 days ago

Managed Long Term Care Mandatory COVID Paid Leave to End on July 31st: Return-to-work restrictions for HCP are still in place per the CDC.
4 days ago

Managed Long Term Care Trump Administration Terminates TPS for Immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua: The Department of Homeland Security has announced the termination of TPS designations for Honduras and Nicaragua. The terminations will take effect on Sept. 8, 2025.
4 days ago

Managed Long Term Care DOH Issues Policy to Medicaid Health Plans on CDPAS Agreement: Document memorializes information provided to plans in late June and outlines requirements for member outreach during the final phase of single FI implementation based on most recent agreement with the court.
11 days ago

Managed Long Term Care More Detail on the Implications of the 2025 Federal Reconciliation Bill: Preliminary analyses aim to clarify the effects on NYS, its health care system, and aging services providers.
4 days ago

Managed Long Term Care Federal Home Health Update: Post includes home health proposed rule, Home Health Preview Reports, July OASIS Q&As, and more.
4 days ago

Managed Long Term Care Federal Budget Bill Passed and Signed into Law: The bill cuts Medicaid funding and health insurance access, imposing burdensome and costly changes that are likely to impact NY’s long-term care, aging services, and senior housing providers. LeadingAge members actively worked to improve and ultimately oppose the massive package.
11 days ago

Managed Long Term Care Trump Administration Terminates TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua: DHS has announced the termination of the TPS designations for Honduras and Nicaragua, which were set to expire on July 5^th. The Honduras notification and the Nicaragua notification will be formally published in the Federal Register on July 8^th, and in both cases the notice states that the termination will be effective 60 days following that publication date.
12 days ago

Urge Congress to Oppose Budget Reconciliation Bill
The Senate has passed a budget bill that would cut at least $800 billion in federal funding from the Medicaid program (the largest cut in American history). The bill would deeply harm older adults and the mission-driven, nonprofit providers who serve them, particularly in NY. Please click here to read more and urge Congress to reject the proposed budget bill!
Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is moving through the budget reconciliation process, which aims to reduce federal spending by approximately $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Given the significant amount of savings being sought, Medicaid is a highly likely source of cuts (potentially up to $880 billion). Write to your members of Congress today to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation bills or other legislation.