April 21, 2025 | Volume 10, Issue No. 15

NYS Budget Slowly Progressing; HCANYS Advocacy Marches On

HCANYS members should continue to make your voice heard on HCANYS priorities for home care providers and programs, hospice, MLTC/PACE, and workforce.

2025 Annual Conference Is Next Week!  

HCA's Annual Conference returns to Saratoga Springs next week April 30-May 1! Will we see you there? 

2024 Medicaid Fee-For-Service Rates Review Deadline Is Today 

The state Department of Health (DOH) has issued a courtesy reminder to all Medicaid Personal Care provider and Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA) that the 45-day deadline to review and accept the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) rate rates, or submit an appeal and adjusted 2022 Cost Report is April 21, 2025.   

It’s Pediatric Sepsis Awareness Week

HCANYS in partnership with Sepsis Alliance, END SEPSIS, IPRO, medical students, and other state and national leadership worked to develop tools for sepsis screening and intervention in the home and community settings.

DOH to Host NY Nursing Summit

HCANYS strongly encourages our members to send key members of your team to this free event. It presents a unique opportunity to bring visibility to the key roles that nurses play in the home health and hospice setting that are often unseen.

Healthcare Workplace Violence Legislation Will Impact Home Care Providers 

The “Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act” was reintroduced in Congress on April 1. If passed, this bill would have major implications for providers across the care continuum, including home care, home health, and hospice organizations. 

NYeC Launches Statewide Common Participation Agreement For Statewide Health Information Network for New York

The new SCPA is intended to modernize the health information exchange system, so that providers and public health agencies can get the authorized or permitted data they need, how and when they need it, to better care for patients.

Get Ready for Severe Weather Preparedness Week

Severe thunderstorms produce damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes in our area, and even flash flooding. Now is the time to prepare, before the June through August peak of the severe weather season. 

Influenza Report - Week Ending April 11, 2025

During the week ending April 11, 2025 influenza activity was categorized as geographically widespread. This is the eighteenth week widespread activity has been reported this season.