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Some Medicaid Recipients are "Default Enrolled" into Medicare Special Needs Plans when they Enroll in Medicare Since April 1, 2021
Background Every month about 3,000 - 4,000 Medicaid recipients in New York State become enrolled in Medicare, either because they reach age 65 or after they collect Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) for 24 months. They become "Dual Eligibles" when they have both Medicare and Medicaid. ...
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Transition Rights in Managed Care Plans - Rights of New Enrollees to Continue Receiving Services
NOTE: This article is about consumer rights when a Medicaid recipient "transitions" to or from a Managed Care plan. For information about care related to gender transitions, see Know Your Rights: What You Need to Know About Medicaid Coverage for Transition-Related Care. What is a Transition...
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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 Basics on Managed Long Term Care (In process of being updated - 2-2020) see also Article on Managed Long Term Care News on MLTC - updated monthly ...
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Can My MLTC Plan Kick Me Out? "Involuntary Disenrollment" from MLTC plans - Changes start Nov. 1, 2024
Enrollment in a Medicaid Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plan is mandatory for most adult Dual Eligibles (people who have Medicare or Medicaid), who need Medicaid personal care (PCS) or Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) services, with some exceptions - See also DOH list of...
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Medicaid Alerts & Other Protocols published by the NYC HRA Medicaid Program
HRA Medicaid Alerts are periodic announcements of policy, staff and office changes published by the HRA Medicaid Progarm (formerly called the "Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA)". The Medicaid Program is the part of New York City’s Human Resource Administration...
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Medicaid Managed Care
IN THIS ARTICLE * Complaints - Where to File *Law & Regulations 1 - What is Managed Care? 2 - Mandatory Enrollment for Most People with Medicaid - and LOCK-IN 3 - Who is Exempt or Excluded from Enroling in Managed Care 4 - Enrolling and Disenrolling in Managed Care 5 - List of plans in...
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NEW YORK INDEPENDENT ASSESSOR PROGRAM (NYIAP) - How Medicaid Home Care Eligibility is Assessed
IN THIS ARTICLE: What is the Independent Assessor? Click here for the basics. Two Official Websites about NYIA When does NYIA Start? Contacts - Where to Submit Complaints, How to Request an Evidence Packet, How to Submit a Power of Attorney NYIA CONSENT FORM - Where to...
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Requesting a New or Increased Service from a Medicaid Managed Care or MLTC
Members of Medicaid Managed Care plans, including Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans, have the right to request a NEW service that was not previously authorized ("prior authorization"), or an INCREASE In a service they already have ("concurrent review"), such as more hours of personal care or...
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Right to a "Home Hearing" under Varshavsky Case - Special Rights in Fair Hearings Seeking Increases in Medicaid Home Care
RIGHTS of People Who Cannot Travel to a Fair Hearing Because of Disability This article can also be downloaded as a Fact Sheet here. Individuals who, because of mental or physical disabilities, cannot travel to a fair hearing without substantial hardship or medical detriment, have rights...
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Transition Rights after Enrolling in or Switching MLTC plans - 2022 Changes
This article can also be downloaded as a Fact Sheet here. If you received Medicaid personal care or Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance (CDPAP) services, and then you were required to enroll in or transfer to a different Managed Long Term Care plan, your new Plan must continue to authorize...
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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 complaints - call NY Medicaid Choice - 1-855-886-0570 (Advocates line) 1-888-401-6582 (Consumers line) Managed Long Term Care (MLTC)...
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Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State - Big Changes Coming 2025!
Dec 2024 ALERT - Single Fiscal Intermediary to replace all FIs by April 2025 see here for links to information from State DOH, CDPAANYS, and the new single FI "PPL" - and links to press coverage 1. What is CDPAP? The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) is a statewide...
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Special Income Standard for Housing Expenses: If Discharged from Nursing Homes or Adult Homes & Enroll in or Remain Enrolled in MLTC Plan
A huge barrier to people returning to the community from nursing homes is the high cost of housing. One way New York State is trying to address that barrier is with the Special Housing Disregard that allows certain members of Managed Long Term Care or FIDA plans to keep more of their income to pay...
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Patients' Rights in the Health Care System
Managed Care Bill of Rights New York State has a fairly progressive managed care bill of rights which is found in both the Public Health and Insurance laws. Disclosure. Managed care plans must tell their patients about the coverage offered, benefit packages, prior authorization rules,...
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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 Medicare) who need Medicaid home care, some MLTC plans have either closed or reduced their service area, no longer covering certain counties or New York City....
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Medicaid Advantage Plus "MAP" - New "FIDE" Appeals & Hearing Process began 2020 - Healthfirst Mistake March 2021
In 2020, a new "integrated" appeal and fair hearing process launched for about 10% of Managed Long Term Care members those who are in Medicaid Advantage Plus (“MAP”), which consists of a "FIDE-SNP" (Fully Integrated Dual Eligible - Special Needs Plan) that covers the Medicare services, and a...
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MLTC Members in Nursing Homes for 3+ Months Being Disenrolled from MLTC Plans - Since August 2020
In this article: Intro - What is the "Carve-out" of Nursing Home care from MLTC? Dashboard of Number of MLTC Members Disenrolled Procedures and Notices to Consumers for Disenrollment starting August 2020 Right to Re-enroll in the MLTC plan within SIX MONTHS after being...
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Tools for Choosing a Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plan
As described in this article, most adults in NYS who have Medicaid and Medicare, who need Medicaid personal care or CDPAP services or long-term CHHA or adult day care services, must select and enroll in a managed long term care plan, or a PACE or Medicaid Advantage Plus plan. Starting in May 2022...
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New "HARP" Plans Roll out for Managed Care Members who need Behavioral Health Services - Services Start January 2016 in NYC
For many years, behavioral health services have been "carved out" of the Medicaid managed care benefit package. This means that most mental health services are accessed on a fee for service basis outside of the member's managed care plan. Posted here are the Medicaid provider billing codes for...
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Public Health Insurance Programs in New York State
Updated Public Health Insurance Programs in New York State (2023) These materials include an overview of public health insurance programs in New York and in-depth information on Medicaid managed care.
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