Providers of Day Habilitation and site-based prevocational services will be pleased to know that recoupments from its Medicaid payments for these services will be suspended until further notice. This was determined during last week’s rate setting meeting with the...
A systemic error has been identified in the calculation of draft Supervised and Supportive IRA rates that were distributed for the July 1, 2017 year. See below for the notification directly from OPWDD. We’ll keep you posted as new rates are posted and updated. The...
Revisions to the New York State Consolidated Fiscal Report (CFR) for the July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 year have been made and released by New York State. For a complete list of revisions, updated manuals, and approved software, please click here. What follows are...
The New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has established internal goals to perform a Limited Fiscal Review (LFR) of each of its funded agencies on an annual basis. The objectives of an LFR are generally to (1) assess an...
New York State Executive Order 38 (“EO38”) is a relatively-new law that many nonprofits are required to comply with. Regardless of the structure or level of services that are provided by the nonprofit, New York State-funded organizations have to be cognizant of the...
On August 9, 2016, the Department of Health (DOH) issued a memo summarizing changes effecting OPWDD’s Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF/IDDs) and the following Medicaid HCBS Waiver services: site-based day habilitation, site-based prevocational services,...
Many governmental authorities have increased their scrutiny of federally funded/ state funded programs and of particular interest are Medicaid funded programs. While there are many instances where governmental agencies can recoup what they consider overpayments/...
Under the current fee-for-service payment structure, volume is incentivized over value. In order to keep volume levels high enough to maintain operations, providers may be delivering a lesser quality of service. This results in higher readmission rates and an increase...
On January 13, 2016 Governor Cuomo gave his 2016 State of the State and Executive Budget Address where he discussed the proposed fiscal 2017 budget and its impact on New York State. While his address touched upon various agencies and industries, we’ve outlined below...
