The December managed care plan meeting with DOH covered a variety of new and long-standing MLTC issues, including updates on the nursing home benefit limit and MLTC enrollment lock-in, integrated Medicare-Medicaid managed care policies, the transition of FIDA program enrollees, VBP contract submission deadlines, CINERGY payments, DSRIP 2.0, and MLTC model contracts, as well as new requirements governing crossover coordination of benefit agreements.

The Work Group met on Dec. 11^th to discuss strategies for strengthening and expanding VBP arrangements under Medicaid managed care and MLTC.

DOH hosted a webinar on Dec. 11^th to share details with stakeholders on the recently submitted application to extend and renew the State's DSRIP Program waiver. The webinar highlighted the successes of the first phase of DSRIP and described how the second phase would expand and strengthen the VBP arrangements initiated in the first phase.

Homes have until Dec. 26^th to upload their Jan. 30, 2019 census rosters.

Minor changes made to Nursing Home Quality Pool.

Reminder that a nursing home may have its staffing rating reduced to a single star for inaccurate reporting of payroll data.

Join us for the next Capitol Hill Insights call on Thurs., Dec. 19^th at 2 p.m. EST to get the most recent news from the nation’s capital.

$90 million provided for new Section 202 homes, a LeadingAge priority.