July 12, 2012
The purpose of this ALERT is to inform Community Based Organizations, Client Representatives, Certified Home Health Agencies and other providers that the Medical Assistance Program is changing the way it processes Medicaid applications for excess income eligible consumers seeking enrollment into a Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plan. Consumers seeking MLTC enrollment who are found to only be eligible for the Medicaid Excess Income (Surplus) Program will now have their cases accepted and authorized with “06” (provisional) coverage. This will occur even if their applications are received without bills that cover their excess or surplus.

This new process will allow MLTCplans to see the provisional coverage on ePaces/eMedNY and will facilitate receipt of services for these consumers. Submitters are requested, when appropriate, to prominently indicate on the cover sheet of submitted applications that the consumer intends to enroll into an MLTC plan

Current policy will remain unchanged for all other consumers found eligible for the Excess Income Program.

Use this worksheet to convert lifetime total amount received in Holocaust reparations / restitution from foreign currencies (Deutschmarks and Euros) into U.S. Dollars. This is for purposes of taking advantage of the exemption of saved reparations payments from the resource test for Federally-funded means-tested benefits, like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Updated monthly.

Fax numbers, e-mail addresses and mail addresses to submit Medicaid renewals, applications, and other requests. June 3, 2025. Contacts are/will be added to this HRA contact list posted at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/216/

PPL's Official form for a Personal Assistant who receives Medicare to opt out of the PPL BasicWellness plan, which is otherwise mandatory (only offered in NYC, Long Island & Westchester). PPL has a second plan called "Minimum Value" plan, but PAs may simply opt not to enroll in this plan. At this time, only Medicare beneficiaries may decline the BasicWellness coverage. Note that new form says to submit the form with copy of Medicare card thru the PPL Portal. See more about PPL health insurance at http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/97/#WAGES%20+%20BENEFITS.

NYLAG update presented in the 30th Elder Law Forum on May 15, 2025 sponsored by Pierro, Connor & Strauss LLP. Recording of this presentation will be posted soon. View PDF that includes all presentations at https://www.pierrolaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Elder-Law-Forum-Presentation-2025.pdf.
TOPICS in this presentation:
1 -NYC Medicaid Cases Closing if Renewals Not Returned – 20,000 in first batch!
2- CDPAP Transition to PPL as Single “FI”
---Status, advocacy, health insurance, what is driving this?
3 -Recent & Upcoming MLTC Plan Mergers – Alert re Transition Rights
4 NYS Fair Hearing Backlog- “PHD” process 2025
5 Federal Medicaid Defense
6 On the horizon
---MECM – Medicaid applications moving online!
---Pending Home Care Restrictions passed in 2020 (Lookback, ADL Thresholds)

NYC HRA MAPDR-01 (updated 02-14-2025) -- Although this was issued in Feb. 2025, almost all the figures are in yellow which means that they are still the 2024 figures. The 2025 figures can only be calculated after NYS Dept. of Health issues the 2025 Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) later in February or March (even though the FPLs were announced by the federal govt).

Income and Resource levels for Medicaid and other public health programs in NYS for 2001 - 2024. Includes Medicare Savings Programs, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus, Spousal Impoverishment levels, MBI-WPD, etc.

Training provides framework for understanding the changes to Medicaid effective 2014, including: new categories, new income levels, new budgeting and new benefits.

Training Outline for Advocates on Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs) (individual and pooled), and the effect of SNTs on various public benefit programs (updated 6/30/2023). Updated sections include Temporary/Public cash assistance, SNAP, ABLE accounts, Public Housing and Section 8, changes in procedures for submitting pooled trusts in NYC. Also heads up about 2023 increases in Medicaid income and asset limits and update about the 30-month community based lookback).

NYC Medicaid office moved from 330 West 34th Street to 785 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 in May 2013. Contact numbers at that office listed in this document.