Wage Index Factors for Episodic Payment System

Certified Home Health Agencies

Effective May 1, 2012

NOTE: Wage Index Factors will be applied to 77% of calculated reimbursement amount.

Region Wage Index Factor Counties
Capital
0.911944
 Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington
Central New York
1.002872
 Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego
Finger Lakes
1.093141
 Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Hudson Valley
1.125693
 Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
Long Island
1.078872
 Nassau, Suffolk
Mohawk Valley
0.955006
 Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie
New York City
0.991433
 Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
North Country
0.955610
 Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence
Southern Tier
0.866871
 Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins
Western New York
0.903208
 Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara

Regional wage factors are based on the Occupational Employment Statistics survey, as reported by the New York State Department of Labor as of January 25, 2012. Wage factors for the five occupational groups applicable to Certified Home Health Agencies are weighted according to Medicaid utilization reported in the CHHA certified cost reports for 2010.