Notice sent to 5000 NYC Medicaid recipients age 65+ on Jan. 6, 2018 revoking an earlier Dec. 2017 notice and replacing it.. telling them they must apply for Medicare or risk having Medicaid discontinued. See http://www.wnylc.com/health/entry/185/

New HRA form designed to request extra time to submit proof that you applied for Medicare, as newly required as a condition of obtaining or keeping Medicaid. This form is an adaptation of new Form MAP 3062c, which is for requesting extra time to submit documents generally in applications and renewals. 3062c is limited to max 30 days, while 3062c allows you to specific any number of days extension. This is a fill-able form.

Used for applications, renewals, and the new requirement to apply for Medicare for those age 65+. "I am unable to provide the documentation that HRA requested at this time. I am requesting additional time past the deferral due date that HRA provided. I understand that this extra time may delay the final processing of my case which could result in an eligibility determination taking longer than the normal case processing timeframe of 30 days for a case containing a child, 45 days for a case containing adults only, or 90 days for a case based on a disability." Asks to specify if this is initial extension request or later. This is a fill-in-able form.

Insert in all Medicaid renewals and applications informing people age 65+ or approaching age 65 that they must apply for Medicare. Notice does NOT say they need only apply if they meet Medicare immigration status requirements and have incomes under 120% FPL.

NYC HRA Medicaid program Alert giving new timeframes for applicants to respond to "deferrals" by the Medicaid agency, which allow additional time to submit missing timeframes. Also introduces a new Form MAP-3062b Decision on your REquest for a Time Extension. MAP-3062a Request for Time Extension is revised 12/5/17 (also posted on this site)

Alert issued to implement State policy -- 17 OHIP ADM-01: "Medicare Enrollment at Age 65" -- that requires those with incomes under 120% of the Federal Poverty Line, who are age 65+ or within 3 months of turning 65 - to apply for Medicare, if they would meet the immigration status requirements (citizens or have been a lawful permanent resident for 5 years).

SEe http://www.wnylc.com/health/entry/185/

"...[T]he New York Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney (NYSPOA), if executed after Sept. 1, 2009, may only be used to establish a trust, if section (h) of the NYSPOA is initialed and if a Statutory Gifts Rider (SGR) is also signed and witnessed by two persons, who are not named in the SGR as permissible recipients of gifts, at the same time as the referencing NYSPOA."

Announces new mail renewal form and that DAB renewals will be made available for reprint on ACCESS NYC. Users can go to www.nyc.gov/accessnyc. Reminder that renewals must be signed, and updates should be indicated or check "no change."

Announces change effective April 23, 2017 from LogistiCare to MAS - Medical Answering Services LLC, the same contractor handling much of upstate NYS.