On July 22 the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association (CDPAANYS) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health (DOH). The suit alleges that the DOH made unlawful changes to how Medicaid reimburses companies that administer the Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Program (CDPAP), which allows patients to hire and train their own in-home care providers. This […]
Home Care Association of New York State
For months, organizations and individuals alike have rallied and advocated for higher wages for home care workers in New York. The Fair Pay for Home Care Act – which gained considerable traction in the state – seems to have hit a wall. And although higher home care worker wages are a part of the state’s […]
The personal home care industry has received unprecedented recognition and praise over the last two years. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris explicitly mentioned home care – and home care workers – on the campaign trail and after inauguration. “Just the fact that a sitting president is talking about home care is huge,” […]
Roughly a month after New York state made being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 a job requirement for workers with the state’s licensed home health agencies, more than 30,000 caregivers failed to meet Thursday’s deadline. While the rate for New York home-based care workers checked in at about 86% partially vaccinated and 71% fully vaccinated, at […]
New York home care providers that have been waiting to see if a caregiver wage hike would be included in the state budget recently got an answer. On Monday, the New York state budget was released, with the Health and Mental Hygiene bill published at the same time. The bill did not include the Fair […]
Multiple scandals involving New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a related impeachment investigation will not slow down budget negotiations. That could mean a late night for the state’s home-based care operators, who are following the talks closely due to possible wage hikes on the table. As of Wednesday afternoon, New York lawmakers were full-speed ahead […]
In January, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a proposed budget that included a slew of cuts to make up for the $15 billion deficit that the state was facing amid the ongoing public health emergency. On Wednesday, the Home Care Association of New York State (HCA-NYS) released a report that explained how some of […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his executive budget proposal for the state in January. Its litany of cost-saving cuts could leave home-based care providers vulnerable, industry stakeholders caution. Specifically, the proposed budget would mean a 50% reduction in home care workforce recruitment and retention funding, as well as a 1% reduction for Medicaid providers […]
Home care and hospice workers are now part of the pool of New Yorkers eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health originally announced that home care and hospice workers would be eligible to receive the first dose of the vaccine starting on Jan. 11. This placed these individuals in […]
The dichotomy in the U.S. right now is evident, especially for those in health care: While vaccines and coinciding hope are being injected into Americans, the number of new COVID-19 cases each day continues to climb. And while every home-based care provider and worker keeps reading that the vaccines — both Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) and […]
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