Monthly Archives: March 2020

The Home Care Association of New York State awaits an official state guidance on COVID-19 for home and community-based service providers The federal government has issued specific infection-control guidance for home care and hospice, components of which would also be a factor in any forthcoming state guidance, in addition to questions or concerns raised by HCA and others from the field.

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As the spread of novel coronavirus intensifies in New York, HCA staff and members held a March 6 conference call with the state Department of Health’s (DOH) Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management and Office of Health Emergency Preparedness to discuss the unique issues that home care, hospice and Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans are facing in preparedness, response and continuity of operations planning amid the global COVID-19 threat. (more…)

While state officials have yet to issue home care- or hospice-specific guidance on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), HCA has requested an immediate meeting and discussion with the state Department of Health’s Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management and Office of Health Emergency Preparedness on a range of preparedness and response issues.

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Follow HCA’s home care prepare website for updates and resources In an alert last week on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), HCA cited Governor Cuomo’s observation that “no one should be surprised”…