State Health Dept. agrees to court order to extend home care transition deadline

Disabilities Beat: Court sets new deadlines, changes for CDPAP transition

In this stock photo, a disabled man and his personal assistant are making pizzas together in his kitchen. The man on the left uses a pizza cutter to slice one of the pizzas, while the man on the right gestures as if he's explaining something or helping. (FG Trade/Getty Images / E+)Last week, parties to a federal lawsuit against New York State's Department of Health filed and a judge approved a preliminary injunction which will create new protect…

NY’s chaotic transition for Medicaid home-care program gets another extension

Albany, NY -- It was only a matter of time before the state’s contentious changes to a popular Medicaid home-care program ended up in court.

State Health Dept. agrees to court order to extend home care transition deadline

CDPAP workers have until June 6 to complete registration.

Deadline pushed for transition of N.Y. home caregiver payment portal

Hundreds of thousands of personal assistants employed by New York’s sprawling Medicaid-funded Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, caring for sick and elderly people, will not have to go without pay this month, thanks to a federal court order handed down…