NY State Policy

CHCANYS Testifies on NYS Budget

Director of Policy, Kate Breslin, testified before the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2010-11 Executive Budget on February 9th. Her testimony focused on health care and Medicaid in New York State. Click here to read her testimony.

CHCANYS Releases 2010 Legislative Agenda and Fact Sheet

CHCANYS top priorities for this year’s legislative session are Indigent Care, Transition Funding, Credentialing, Doctors Across NY and Migrant Health Care Funding. Click here to read the entire agenda. CHCANYS has also released its updated 2010 Fact Sheet. Click here for a PDF of the publication. 

OMIG Final Provider Compliance Regulations Take Effect on July 1

July, 2009
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General recently announced the passage of final provider compliance regulations.  The regulations go into effect on July 1, after which providers will have 90 days (by Oct. 1, 2009) to comply.

These compliance regulations apply to all Article 28, 36, 31 and 16 providers as well as providers who receive over $500,000 in Medicaid funds (this is the clarification to "providers who receive a substantial portion of their funds from Medicaid").

So what does this mean?

In order to participate in Medicaid, a provider will need to have the components listed below in place as they relate, at a minimum, to billings, payments, medical necessity and quality of care, governance, mandatory reporting, credentialing and other risk areas identified by the provider. These include:

• Written policies and procedures that describe compliance expectations   
• Designation of an employee with responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the compliance program   
• Training  and education of all affected employees and persons associated with the  provider  
• Communication lines to the responsible compliance position  
• Disciplinary policies to encourage good faith participation in the compliance program by all affected individuals   
• A system for routine identification of compliance risk areas specific to the provider  type  
• A system for responding to compliance issues as they are raised   
• A policy of non-intimidation and non-retaliation for good faith participation in the  compliance program

In addition, providers will also be required to submit a certification every year in December stating that they have these programs in place. OMIG will also be developing model compliance guidance for various sectors, starting with hospitals, though the date this guidance will be available has not been released.

2009-10 Legislative Agenda and Budget

CHCANYS Responds to State Budget
April, 2009
Community health and primary care fared well in the 2009-10 New York State Budget. Click here to read CHCANYS’ press release.

CHCANYS Urges Governor and Legislature to Increase D&TC Indigent Care Pool this Year
March, 2009
Significant funds available through recently enacted Federal stimulus legislation presents New York with the opportunity to provide adequate support this year to the D&TC Indigent Care Pool. CHCANYS is urging the Governor and the Legislature to demonstrate their commitment to health care for vulnerable individuals by adding support for the D&TC Indigent Care Pool in the amount of $111 million. Click here for background and Policy Request Detail.

CHCANYS Realeses its 2009-10 Legislative Agenda
February, 2009
Restoring Electronic Health Record Transition Funding and strengthening the Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Indigent Care Pool are at the top of the CHCANYS’ Legislative Agenda for 2009-10. Click here to download Community, Migrant and Homeless Health Center Handbook.