In a letter to CMS, LeadingAge NY noted that the State's proposed method for distributing $187 million to support nursing home staffing would violate the authorizing legislation and create perverse incentives by rewarding facilities that fail to meet minimum direct care spending requirements and excluding facilities that meet minimum staffing requirements. 

Medicaid cost report due date has been further extended, but additional due dates are approaching (PBJ, MDS review for CMI).

DOH has established a structure for accepting and reviewing applications for VAPAP funding from nursing homes.

Original due date was extended by two weeks.

Initial January 2022 Medicaid rates reflect updates to the operating component; capital update pending.

Medicaid State Plan Amendment signals the Department’s intended approach for distributing funds to help meet costs of new staffing requirements.

The 2021 RHCF Report is now due on July 25^th.

Members should ensure that necessary permissions are in place now for filing and certifying report, especially if key staff have recently changed.