by no-author | Aug 10, 2022
On July 11, 2019, the Appellate Division, Third Department, in a series of three criminal cases, significantly limited the authority of the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs (“JC”) Special Prosecutor. In the lead case, People v. Hodgdon, the Third Department held that the JC Special Prosecutor did not have independent prosecutorial authority apart from a district attorney and that a JC Special Prosecutor may only act with the knowing written consent of a district attorney who retains the ultimate responsibility for the prosecution.
by no-author | Aug 10, 2022
Garfunkel Wild has been constantly tracking and monitoring the status of all proposed nursing home and residential care facility legislation.
by no-author | Aug 9, 2022
On June 2, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed the Freedom First Budget for State Fiscal Year 2022-2023. The Freedom First Budget (“Budget”) increased the minimum wage for employees of Medicaid providers to at least fifteen ($15) dollars per hour.
by no-author | Aug 1, 2022
On July 13, 2022, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) published a significant set of proposed compliance-related rules. If finalized, the new rules would repeal the existing regulations governing provider compliance programs (found in 18 NYCRR Part 521), and replace them with three new subparts concerning, respectively: (i) Compliance Programs (proposed 18 NYCRR Subpart 521-1); (ii) Medicaid Managed Care Organization Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention (proposed 18 NYCRR Subpart 521-2); and (iii) OMIG’s Self-Disclosure Program (“SDP”) (proposed 18 NYCRR Subpart 521-3).
by no-author | Jul 26, 2022
On July 13, 2022, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) published a significant set of proposed compliance-related rules. If finalized, the new rules would repeal the existing regulations governing provider compliance programs (found in 18 NYCRR Part 521), and replace them with three new subparts concerning, respectively: (i) Compliance Programs (proposed 18 NYCRR Subpart 521-1); (ii) Medicaid Managed Care Organization Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention (proposed 18 NYCRR Subpart 521-2); and (iii) OMIG’s Self-Disclosure Program (proposed Subpart 521-3).
