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	Coming July 1st: MLTC Members May Request Fair Hearing Without first Requesting Internal Appeal from Plan ("Exhaustion" Requirement ELIMINATED) 11 Jun, 2015 Managed Long Term Care Appeals System Change Exhaustion Requirement to be Eliminated Effective July 1, 2015 Since early June 2015, everyone in Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans have been receiving a notice from their MLTC plan that looks like this sample notice. This notice has caused a lot...

	NYS BUDGET for 2015-2016 Again Proposes End to Spousal Refusal and "Immediate Need" Medicaid 12 Feb, 2015 The Governor's proposed New York State budget for 2015-16 includes some good and some bad for health care for low-income New Yorkers. Click here to see the actual Health and Mental Hygiene (HMH) Bill and the Governor's Health and Mental Hygiene (HMH) Memorandum in Support. NYLAG is one of many...

	Mandatory Enrollment of Nursing Home residents into Managed Care & MLTC - scheduled to begin Feb. 1, 2015 27 Jan, 2015 Nursing Home Resident Transition to Managed Care February 1, 2015 marks the start date for the new requirement for nursing home residents who became "permanent" residents after that date to enroll in managed care or MLTC plans. CMS approved this expansion of MLTC and mainstream Medicaid managed...