State Template for "Notice 1" or "Passive Enrollment" notice sent to members of most FIDA plans that FIDA program is closing Dec. 31, 2019. This notice tells members in this group that unless they select a different plan before Dec. 20, 2019, they will be assigned to the Medicaid Advantage Plus(MAP) plan operated by the same company that operates their FIDA plan. This "Notice 1" sent to members of all FIDA plans EXCEPT Riverspring, and for those in Senior Whole Health FIDA, only members who live in the Bronx received this notice.

Statewide Contact list of MLTC-MAP-PACE plans by County is at http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/managed_care/mltc/mltcplans.htm. This list by county is updated with April. 2019 enrollment data
NYC list is last pages.

Change in enrollment by plan in NYC from 4/2013 to April 2019 - from Source: DOH Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment Reports (Oct 2018)
https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/managed_care/reports/enrollment/monthly/
by
Sorted in 2 ways- A.order of highest enrollment currently, B alphabetivally

"Official" closing letter to members of the ICS Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) Plan from the NYS Dept. of Health dated Jan. 25, 2019 explaining that those members who did not choose to enroll in an MLTC plan by Mar. 20, 2019 would be assigned to VNS Choice MLTC plan eff. 4/1/19. Letter explains one-year continuity protections at VNS only, and new ICS Health Home that will continue to manage care for some ICS members who transfer to VNS. See http://www.wnylc.com/health/news/78/.

E-mail to "Dear Colleague" announcing closing of ICS effective 3/31/19

Exhaustion of MLTC Plan Appeals Before Requesting a Fair Hearing, Starting May 1, 2018,)(By Valerie Bogart; reprinted with permission from: Elder and Special Needs Law Journal, Spring 2018, Vol, 28 No. 2, published by the New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207.

Notice sent by New York Medicaid Choice, the enrollment contractor for NYS Dept. of Health handling MLTC enrollment. Notice sent to nearly 8000 members of Guildnet's MLTC and Medicaid Advantage Plus plans that Guildnet closing 12/31/19. If they don't select a new plan by 12/19 they will be autoassigned for January 1st. Explains 120 days of continuity of care in new plan.

The New York Aging Life Care Association is pleased to announce a seminar:
NYS MEDICAID AND MLTC 2018 Medicaid & MLTC Changes enacted in NYS 2018-19 Budget.

Registration info in announcement.

Update about the Special Income Standard for Housing Expenses for Individuals
Discharged from a Nursing Facility and who Enroll into the Managed Long Term Care Program - see article at http://www.wnylc.com/health/entry/212/