by Webmaster | Mar 12, 2024 | Alerts
Legislature Releases Budget Proposals Budget negotiations are underway as both houses of the legislature have released their one-house budget bills. These documents delineate the Legislature’s position on Governor Kathy Hochul’s $233 billion budget...
by Webmaster | Mar 8, 2024 | Alerts
Change Health Cyberattack Update In late February, Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), faced a significant cybersecurity incident, disrupting healthcare operations nationwide. The attack, attributed to the ransomware group BlackCat, rendered...
by Webmaster | Jan 9, 2024 | Alerts
Multi-Hazard Weather Event Governor Hochul has issued a weather warning Press Release urging New Yorkers to prepare for heavy rains, very strong winds, and possible flash flooding today through Wednesday, January 10, 2024. This storm system will likely cause flooding...
by Webmaster | Jan 9, 2024 | Alerts
DOH Recommends Masking for Health Care The Department of Health (DOH/the Department) released a Health Advisory on January 8, 2024, alerting health care providers to the recent increases in cases of influenza and COVID-19 throughout the state. Health care providers...
by Webmaster | Jan 5, 2024 | Alerts
Winter Storm Affecting All NYS Regions The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued Winter Storm Watches, Warnings, and Advisories for many regions of New York State as a major winter storm on January 6 and 7, 2024, will likely result in hazardous conditions for many...
by Webmaster | Dec 29, 2023 | Alerts
Minimum Wage and Salary Exemption Changes Effective Monday, January 1, 2024 Minimum Wage and Worker Wage Parity As a reminder to our provider members, the new home care worker minimum wage and Wage Parity obligations are effective January 1, 2024. These new wage...
by Webmaster | Dec 19, 2023 | Alerts
HCP Opens MLTC Survey With the January 1, 2024, home care worker minimum wage implementation less than two weeks away, HCP’s Public Policy team wants to hear from you. To keep our fingers on the industry’s pulse, we have opened a survey to ask our members what they...
by Webmaster | Dec 18, 2023 | Alerts
Heavy Rains and Flooding Governor Hochul has issued a weather warning Press Release urging New Yorkers to prepare for heavy rains and possible flash flooding through Tuesday, December 19, 2023. A significant storm system is moving through the state, bringing heavy...
by Webmaster | Dec 6, 2023 | Alerts
Flu Declared Prevalent in NYS On December 6, 2023, the Department of Health (DOH/the Department) issued a Health Advisory declaring influenza as prevalent here in New York. Under the Health Commissioner’s declaration, NYS Sanitary Code Section 2.59 becomes enforceable...
by Webmaster | Nov 14, 2023 | Alerts
Conflict of Interest Deadline Extended for Waiver Providers HCP connected with the Department of Health (DOH/the Department) on November 13, 2023, and learned that the deadline for the Conflict of Interest (COI) requirements in the Nursing Home Transition and...
