All adult care facilities must submit statistical report.

Organizations currently exempted from the two-week Medicaid payment lag must request an extension by Jan. 14^th if they wish to maintain the exemption.

Register now for LeadingAge NY’s first 2019 Advocacy Day, which will be held in collaboration with the Adult Day Health Care Council and Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State on Tues., Feb. 5^th and focus on nursing home, home care, hospice, ADHC, and MLTC issues. Registration is also open for our second Advocacy Day on Tues., March 5^th, focusing on issues related to housing, ACF/AL, aging services programs, and NORCs.

Adult care facility/assisted living regional meeting scheduled for Jan. 17, 2019 in Binghamton.

The methodology that DOH will use to determine case mix adjustments for January 2019 Medicaid rates remains uncertain.

Dear Administrator Letter and additional guidance now available; more guidance on supervision will be issued soon.

In a Dec. 19^th letter to State Medicaid Directors, CMS outlined 10 opportunities for improving integration between Medicare and Medicaid services for dual eligibles, including expansion of enrollment in D-SNPs, inclusion of certain provisions in state contracts with D-SNPs, expansion of PACE programs, sharing of Medicare data, and simplifying enrollment in the Medicare Savings Program.

Transcript and recording of CMS presentation provides a valuable learning opportunity on upcoming nursing home Medicare reimbursement changes.