Assessment Rate to Remain 6.8 Percent

Nursing home members should have received an email notice last week from DOH announcing that the cash receipts assessment rate will remain at 6.8 percent through March 31, 2015. The State has been discussing a rate increase to ensure homes are treated equitably when the 2 percent across-the-board reduction to which other Medicaid providers were subject is eliminated. DOH promises to provide further details soon. A revised due date schedule for nursing home cash receipts assessment filing is contained in the DOH message which is copied below. Please contact us or the HFCAP contact (see phone number below) if you have questions.

Contact:  Darius Kirstein, dkirstein@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8841

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This is notification that a determination has been made for alternative cost containment methods to the 2% Across the Board Reduction, as it relates to the Health Facility Cash Assessment (HFCAP) rate for nursing homes for April 1, 2014 thru March 31, 2015. The rate will remain at 6.8%, continuing the 6.8% from its original effective date of November 1, 2012. Further details about the alternative cost containment measures taken will be forthcoming in a future notification. As a reminder, the due dates for the April thru July 2014 HFCAP reports for nursing homes were postponed earlier this month as listed below:

Report Month REVISED Extended Due Dates:

April 2014- 07/15/14

May 2014- 07/31/14

June 2014- 08/15/14

July 2014- 09/02/14

The electronic website for report submission at http://www.hcrapools.org/ will reopen Tuesday, July 1st for the submission of the April, May, and June 2014 reports. You will be able to submit your July 2014 report after July 31.

Should you have any questions, please contact a HFCAP representative at (315)671-3800.