DOH provides updates on MDS audits, other Medicaid payment issues affecting nursing homes. 

Nursing home cash receipts assessment report due dates have been extended for April through July reports.

DOH has posted RHCF-4 and RHCF-2 Medicaid cost report software along with Dear Administrator Letters (DALs) providing guidance on accessing and filing the reports by Aug. 15, 2014.

Link to the Dear Administrator Letter (DAL) providing instructions for hospital-based nursig homes on accessing the RHCF-2 Medicaid cost report software and guidance on completing and filing the report by August 15, 2014.

Link to the Dear Administrator Letter (DAL) providing instructions on accessing the RHCF-4 Medicaid cost report software and guidance on completing and filing the report by August 15, 2014. 

Examples of how DOH calculates and applies the five percent CMI constraint.

DOH has provided examples of how the five percent Case Mix Index (CMI) growth constraint is applied prior to and after MDS audit when nursing home rates are calculated.

LeadingAge NY confirmed the release of 2012 IGT funding for county nursing homes.