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	CDPAP FI Transition: PA Health Assessment deadline postponed, Court Preliminarily Approves Settlement in Engesser; NYS Senate Hearing Held on PPL 06 Oct, 2025 Background. The 2024-25 NYS Budget required all 280,000 Medicaid recipients who have CDPAP services to switch their "Fiscal Intermediary" (FI") the agency that manages payroll and benefits for their Personal Assistants ("PA") to a new "single FI" called Public Partnerships LLC or "PPL." FI's have...

	NYS Medicaid Redesign Team II (MRT) - Minimum 3-ADL Thresholds STARTED Sept. 1, 2025 for New Home Care and MLTC Enrollees 26 Aug, 2025 This article gives updates on the Medicaid changes enacted in the 2020 NYS Budget under the "Medicaid Redesign Team II" or MRT-2. These are the: Three-ADL Minimum Threshold to qualify for Personal Care and CDPAP and enroll in MLTC - will start Sept. 1, 2025 - see more here. View recording...

	Unwinding of COVID Public Health Emergency in progress - Tips to Renew Medicaid! 02 Aug, 2024 Since March 2020, special protections guaranteed Continuous Coverage for anyone who HAD Medicaid In March 2020 or obtained Medicaid since then. These "Maintenance of Effort" (MOE) protections are being phased out while every Medicaid recipient goes through a renewal of current eligibility. This is...

	Medicaid Outcomes of Final NYS 24-25 Budget - including big CDPAP changes 31 May, 2024 NYS Is moving forward to overhaul the entire CDPAP program, requiring all 200,000 _+ consumers who have CDPAP services to switch their Fiscal Intermediary (FI) to the single FI that NYS has hired - Public Partnerships LLC. This includes members of MLTC plans, mainstream managed care plans, and...

	MLTC UPDATE: CDPAP Changes Enacted,in NYS Budget, Bill to Increase MLTC Transparency, March 1st - Transportation carved out of MLTC services 21 May, 2024 This is a running news article with updates on Managed Long Term Care in NYS. FEBRUARY 2024 ALERT re CDPAP CUTS - see HERE Please see archives for past articles: MLTC updates 2014 - 2016 MLTC Updates - 2012 - 2013 KEY MLTC CONTACTS TO FILE COMPLAINTS And Websites SKIP DOWN TO LATEST...

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	When an MLTC Plan Closes - What are the Members' Rights? WARNING - Changes Now in Effect Since Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plan enrollment has been mandatory since 2013 for most adult "dual eligibles" (people with Medicaid and...


	2026 Medicare Part D Plans in New York State - with changes from 2025 The Annual Enrollment Period ("AEP" or "open enrollment") for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 runs from October 15 through...


	Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State - Big Changes Coming 2025! For updates about the transition to the new NYS "Single Fiscal Intermediary" (FI) and NYLAG's lawsuit challenging it - please see This article...


	CDPAP: April 2025 Transition to PPL as Single Fiscal Intermediary - Background & Archive Background. The 2024-25 NYS Budget required all 280,000 Medicaid recipients who have CDPAP services to switch their "Fiscal Intermediary" (FI") the...


	Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) Note: For a quick introduction to EPSDT, see the attached powerpoint titled "NYLAG Presentation on EPSDT." Please feel free to share those slides,...


	Getting Help with Managed Long Term Care and Other Types of Medicaid Managed Care Here are organizations where you can seek help for problems with Medicaid Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans, Medicaid Advantage Plus (MAP) plans,...


	KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Managed Long Term Care - Fact Sheets, Live and Recorded Webinars A. Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care B. Click here for WEBINARS on LONG TERM CARE A. Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care BASICS ...


	ARCHIVE: US Lawsuit Against NYC for "False Claims" - Says HRA Wrongly Approved 24-Hour Medicaid Home Care On August 12, 2011, Selfhelp Community Services, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Legal Services-NYC, and Cardozo Bet Tzedek Legal Services...


	Spousal Impoverishment Protections for Married Couples where One Spouse is in a Managed Long Term Care Plan - Pooled Trusts Allowed as an Option In this Article KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Download Consumer Fact Sheet on Tips for Keeping More Income, including Spousal Impoverishment Protections.: ...


	Statistics on Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care -- Enrollment Numbers and other Data -- New York State Numbers tell a big part of the story of how managed care plans are doing in providing care. With mandatory enrollment in Medicaid managed care now...

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	Income and Resource Limits for New York State Public Health Insurance Programs Big increases in income and asset limits for Age 65+, Blind & Disabled (ABD) took effect Jan. 1, 2023 - read about how these were rolled out...


	Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State - Big Changes Coming 2025! For updates about the transition to the new NYS "Single Fiscal Intermediary" (FI) and NYLAG's lawsuit challenging it - please see This article...


	Medicaid Personal Care or Home Attendant Services The Medicaid program in New York State covers a type of home care services called Personal Care services (aka PCS or "home attendant"). This is a...


	Step-by-step guide to enrolling in a pooled income trust for Medicaid spend-down This article is a condensed road-map for using a pooled income trust to eliminate the Medicaid spend-down. NEW June 2022 - Big Changes in NYC -...


	Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) in New York Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) pay for the monthly Medicare Part B premium for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, qualify enrollees for the ...


	Previous Medicaid Dental Benefit in NYS (Rules Effective for Services Requested Through 1/30/24) New York’s Medicaid program includes limited dental benefits. The coverage was expanded beginning on January 31, 2024 as the result of the...


	List of Pooled SNTs in New York State This is an unofficial list of non-profit organizations in New York State that offer pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts (or similar services) to people...


	Managed Long Term Care State Complaint Number for MLTC Problems - 1-866-712-7197 e-mail mltctac@health.ny.gov and put "COMPLAINT" in subject line For enrollment...


	Medicaid Spend-Down Because Medicaid is a health insurance program for the poor, one must have income and assets below a certain limit to be eligible. For a single...


	Medicaid Assisted Living Programs (ALP) in NYS INTRODUCTION The Assisted Living Program provides supportive housing and home care services to individuals who are medically eligible for...

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