Dear Administrator Letter

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May 8, 2025

RE: CY 2023 Medicaid Fee-for-Service Rates Posted for Select Providers: Licensed Home Care Service Agencies (LHCSA - Personal Care-PC)

Dear Medicaid Provider Administrator:

Please be advised that CY 2023 Medicaid Fee-for-Service (FFS) Nursing Supervision and Nursing Assessment rates have been loaded to eMedNY. As stated in the Department's Dear Administrator Letter (DAL), dated January 13, 2025, Nursing Supervision and Nursing Assessment rates were originally held for additional Departmental review.

The rates will take effect in eMedNY in cycle 2491, check release date of 6/4/2025. These 2023 FFS Nursing Supervision and Nursing Assessment rates were developed based on the data submitted in the 2021 cost reports.

If you have any questions please contact the Bureau of Nursing Home and Long Term Care Rate Setting at the following e-mail address: PersonalCare-Rates@health.ny.gov.

Sincerely,

Laura Rosenthal, Director
Bureau of Nursing Home and Long Term Care Rate Setting
Division of Finance and Rate Setting
Office of Health Insurance Programs

Enclosures:

Attachment A - Instructions to Access the CY 2023 Medicaid FFS Rate Sheets in the Health Commerce System

Attachment A - Instructions for Accessing the Post-Review 2023 FFS Medicaid Rate Sheets in the Health Commerce System (HCS)

  1. Login to HCS: https://commerce.health.state.ny.us/public/hcs_login.html ;
  2. Under "My Applications", select Healthcare Finance Data Gateway(or go to "My Content" from the top line menu, then All Applications to search for the application under "P" for Personal Care);
  3. Click on the PublicationsTab;
  4. Under Organization Type, select "Personal Care" from the drop down menu;
  5. Under Collection, select "Personal Care Rate Reports" from the drop down menu;
  6. Under Package, select the "2023 Final Rates" from the drop-down menu;
  7. Under Organization, select your agency, then select Search.
  8. Next select the Downloadcheckbox to save the Dear Administrator Letter and rate sheet pdf files as necessary.

Please note: If you encounter problems accessing your HCS account due to password expiration, please contact the Commerce Accounts Management Unit (CAMU) at 1-866-529-1890.