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Budget Briefings & Legislative Events

The Developmental Disabilities Councils are hosting IAC (Inter Agency Council) Budget Briefings & Legislative breakfasts in each borough.

Budget Briefings               

Brooklyn: 2/24, 9:30am, Heartshare, 177 Livingston St, 3rd Fl, enter through sliding doors on Gallatin Place, Bklyn

Bronx: 2/12, 9:30am, ADAPT, Blue Room, 1770 Stillwell Ave, Bx

Manhattan: 2/12, 9:30am, IAC, 150 West 30 St, 15th Floor, Man

Queens: 2/3, 9:30am, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Rm 200, Queens

Staten Island: 2/21, 9:30am, IBR, 1050 Forest Hill Rd, SI

Legislative Events:

Brooklyn: 3/6, 9:30am, Gargiulo’s, 2911 West 15th St, Bklyn

Bronx: 3/13, 8am   Maestro’s, 1703 Bronxdale Ave, Bx

Manhattan: 3/6, 8am, Barnes & Noble, 33 East 17th Street, Man.

Queens: 3/6, 8:30am Queens College, Student Union, 152-45 Melbourne Ave, Queens

Staten Island: 2/28 – 8:30am, The Vanderbilt, 300 Father Capodanno Blvd, SI

More Council Information:

Brooklyn: joyce.levin@hearnshare.org

Bronx: www.bronxddcouncil.org

Manhattan: www.manhattanddcouncil.org

Queens: www.qcddny.org

Staten Island: contactsiddc@siddc.org

Position Papers(s) – Managed Care

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MANAGED CARE:

Thoughts on the transition from various IDD stakeholder groups

There is a link below to the paper that SWAN, Statewide Advocacy Network of NY State, submitted to OPWDD about our concerns with the state’s plan to transition services to a Managed Care system instead of fee-for-service. We are urging OPWDD, the Dept of Health, and our representatives in State Government to reconsider the timeline and scope of this transition for the reasons within.

For those who are interested, we are also attaching several other position papers on this topic that various agencies and associations have also submitted to decision makers.  These are posted simply to keep you informed about what others in the field think.

 

WE ARE NOT ENDORSING ANY OF THESE OTHER DOCUMENTS

WE ARE NOT ENDORSING ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS.   

SWAN will be doing a detailed analysis of the various elements and positions

SWAN position paper on MC dated 082819final.docx (1)

DDAWNY-Letter-to-Commissioner-Kastner July 23 2019 (1)
Kastner Letter - Final (2)
Letter to Commissioner on PLMC 8.22.2019
NY Alliance Letter on Managed Care to OPWDD - 9-9-19

From OPWDD: Public Comment Period for the Draft 1915(c) HCBS 2019 Waiver Renewal Announced

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is pleased to announce the opportunity for public comment on the draft 1915(c) Comprehensive Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 2019 Waiver Renewal.

The HCBS Waiver is the Medicaid program that provides opportunities for adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities to receive services in their own home or community. The draft 2019 Waiver Renewal includes updates to the OPWDD quality improvement strategy to reflect current workgroups and committees, allows Nurse Practitioners to complete initial Level of Care (LOC) reviews and annual LOC redeterminations as well as other initiatives derived from the approved 2019-2020 New York State Budget.

The Waiver Renewal will be retroactive to October 1, 2019 and will span the course of a five-year period through September 30, 2024.  This five-year agreement will fund Home and Community-Based Services for over 84,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The public comment period will be open from September 16, 2019 through October 18, 2019.  A copy of the draft 2019 Waiver Renewal is available on the OPWDD website at: https://opwdd.ny.gov/opwdd_services_supports/people_first_waiver/HCBS_waiver_services. Hard copies of the draft 2019 Waiver Renewal will also be available at the OPWDD Developmental Disabilities Regional Offices (DDROs) at the addresses identified below this message.  Comments may be submitted in writing via email to: peoplefirstwaiver@opwdd.ny.gov or by mail to: OPWDD,

Attention: Division of Policy and Program Development, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229.  Please specify 1915(c) Waiver Renewal Comments in the subject line.

Following the review of public comment, New York State will submit the draft 2019 Waiver Renewal application to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for approval.

In addition, OPWDD will be conducting two webinars on Thursday, September 19, 2019 to provide an overview of the proposed changes included in the draft 2019 Waiver Renewal.  To register for one of the two webinars, visit the OPWDD website at: https://opwdd.ny.gov/opwdd_services_supports/people_first_waiver/HCBS_waiver_services.

We welcome your comments and thank you for your continued advocacy for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

 

Sincerely,

Theodore Kastner, MD, MS

Commissioner

Hard copies of the Waiver Renewal will be available at the following locations:

  • Finger Lakes DDRO, 620 Westfall Road, Suite 108, Rochester, NY 14620
  • Western NY DDRO, 1200 East and West Road, West Seneca, NY 14224
  • Broome DDRO, 229-231 State Street, 2nd Floor, Binghamton, NY 13901
  • Central NY DDRO, 187 Northern Concourse, North Syracuse, NY 13212
  • Sunmount DDRO, 2445 State Route 30, Tupper Lake, NY 12986
  • Capital District DDRO, 500 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12304
  • Hudson Valley DDRO, 9 Wilbur Road, Thiells, NY 10984
  • Taconic DDRO, 38 Firemens Way, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
  • Bernard Fineson DDRO, 80-45 Winchester Boulevard, Building 80, 2nd Floor Administrative Suite, Queens Village, NY 11428
  • Metro Bronx DDRO, 2400 Halsey St., Bronx, NY 10461
  • Brooklyn DDRO, 888 Fountain Avenue, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11239
  • Metro Manhattan DDRO, 25 Beaver Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004