HRA contacts for the New York City Home Care Services Program CASA offices (updated 12/2023)

HRA Medicaid Renewal Form being sent in 2023 to Disabled, Aged, & Blind (DAB) recipients in the "unwinding" of the Public Health Emergency. Note that the packet contains
(1) a 2-page Renewal Notification letter with the deadline to return the renewal, which is always the 10th of the 2nd month after the notification,
(2) "ACT NOW" alert intended to alert consumers that this renewal MUST be returned, unlike those sent during the Public Health Emergency (MAP-3185 - 2023-01-19),
(3) Renewal form has a new section in Part 6 RESOURCES requiring authorization for HRA to verify resources using data matching (page 6 of the PDF);
(4) Renewal form must be signed by both applicant and spouse (p. 9 of PDF)
(5) Financial Maintenance form - not new - only required if housing costs are more than 70% gross monthly income (p. 10 of PDF);
(6) NEW: Authorization for Verification of Resources - Recipient and Spouse each must sign this and send back with renewal!
(MAP-3179 and 3179a) (pp. 11-13 of PDF)
(7) Renewal instructions (pp. 14-16 of PDF)

Chinatown Medicaid Office reopened at the same location (115 Chrystie St., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10002; tel. (212) 334-6114). Open 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday thru Friday.

updates earlier fax lists - allowing submission of applications and other documents by fax during COVID-19 emergency, and adds some email addresses for inquiries

CASA field offices have been consolidated. There is one CASA office per borough. Includes announcement of new email address for HCSP inquiries

The US Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) has proposed a "sunset regulation" that would retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated regulations for programs ranging from Medicaid and Medicare to the FDA and CDC. NYLAG submitted comments on these rules.

MICSA Alert published 10/28/20

This outline describes the evaluation process for someone who is on Medicare and Medicaid (approved or application pending) who requires enrollment into a Managed Long Term Care plan. Revised 12-2016 to include change that CFEEC now valid for 75 instead of 60 days.

Update advised that all newborns born in 2015 submitted via the NYS automated system have been determined processed either automatically or manually