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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, as well as the material below, widely. In this article: Part 1 - Basics about EPSDT Requirements Part 2 - Select Services that Must be Covered...
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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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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 (MAP) (formerly called the "Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA)". The Medicaid Program is the part of New York City’s Human Resource...
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Medicaid Reimbursement of Home Care and other Medical Expenses
Reimbursement in General Because Medicaid coverage can be retroactive up to three months, it is possible for a Medicaid applicant or his or her family member who paid the applicant's medical expenses to get reimbursed for some of the home care costs and other medical bills they incurred and paid...
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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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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 required in every county in New York State for most people who do not have Medicare, and mandatory enrollment in Managed Long Term Care of those adults...
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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 led 41 organizations in filing an amicus or "friend of the court" brief supporting the New York City Medicaid Program, run by the Human Resources...
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