DOH Announces Nursing Home Managed Care Transition Meeting

As of this date, the Department of Health (DOH) anticipates that March 1, 2014 will remain the effective date to begin the transition of nursing home residents into managed care, in line with their recently issued guidance: Office of Health Insurance Programs Transition of Nursing Home Benefit and Population into Managed Care.  They indicated that if the date were to move at all, it would be by no more than one month.  They acknowledge that there is still a good deal of concern on the part of providers, but stressed they intend this to be a gradual process.  To this end, DOH is planning a March 10th meeting at their offices on Church Street to directly address some of these concerns.  This would be a joint meeting with providers and plans.  They would then seek to do an upstate meeting along the same lines.

DOH just issued this announcement at the Feb. 13th Managed Care Policy and Planning meeting, with more details to follow.  LeadingAge NY will keep members posted.

Contact: Patrick Cucinelli, pcucinelli@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8827