A Medicaid cut of tens of millions of dollars is putting home care providers in one state in the hot seat. On Jan. 1, the New York State Department of Health announced it was trimming Medicaid payments by 1% for the current fiscal year. While the reduction may seem small, it initially accounts for roughly […]
Hodgson Russ
Lawmakers in one state made waves in the home care industry this September when they introduced a bill that would effectively eliminate 24-hour work shifts for caregivers. Providers in New York, where the legislation was proposed, worry the bill would drastically increase labor costs if passed. But those concerns could be for naught, according to […]
Home-based care providers have no shortage of regulatory hurdles and legal changes to keep them on their toes. For most home health agencies, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) are top of mind. Meanwhile, home care agencies have minimum wage hikes and electronic visit verification (EVV) to worry about. With so […]
Home care providers have come out on top in a long legal battle to decide whether live-in home care aides in New York should be paid for 24 hours of work or for the 13 hours currently mandated. The New York Court of Appeal issued its decision in Andryeyeva V. New York Health Care Inc. […]
The back-and-forth legal battle to decide whether live-in home care aides in New York who work for an agency should be paid for the full 24 hours on the job instead of the current standard of 13 appears to be winding down. The New York Court of Appeals heard oral arguments last Tuesday for Andryeyeva […]