The DOH Nursing Home Transition Workgroup met to review subcommittee recommendations on issues such as nursing home network requirements, Medicaid eligibility determinations and payments to nursing homes and managed care plans.

At a June 17 DOH work group meeting, LeadingAge NY and other stakeholders raised questions about the timing and financial aspects of the state’s plan to move certain nursing home residents into Medicaid managed care.

Report concludes that the CON process should be reformed and makes 23 recommendations.

Link to slides used in a DOH presentation on the Uniform Assessment System.

Hurricane relief, MRT waiver and funding for developmental disability services all part of same discussion.

LeadingAge NY supports most of the recommendations included in the report.

DOH has filed written responses to a series of questions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is considering New York’s request for $10 billion over five years through a Medicaid waiver extension.