On August 26, 2021, the Public Health and Health Planning Council approved an emergency regulation requiring health care personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The emergency regulation is effective immediately and will remain in effect for 90 days, subject to review and renewal.
The emergency regulation supersedes the Section 16 Order issued by the New York Department of Health (“DOH”) on August 18, 2021, which mandated the vaccine for personnel at general hospitals and nursing homes.
The emergency regulation expands the mandate to cover personnel at entities ...
Medicaid home care aide services providers need to act quickly to avoid the risk of non-payment for services. The New York State Home Care Worker Parity Act, Public Health Law § 3614-c, establishes minimum “total compensation” requirements for “home care aides” who perform Medicaid-reimbursed work for certified home health agencies (“CHHAs”), long term home health care programs (“LTHHCPs”) and managed care plans (“MCPs”). The Act applies to both mainstream managed care plans and all forms of managed long term care plans, and also affects licensed and ...
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