Jan 30, 2020
NY StateWide Senior Action Council will hold it’s annual state budget briefing in two parts. 1. Thursday January 30, at 10AM on the Governor’s proposed budget for the NYS Office for Aging. 2. Thursday February 20, at 10AM on issues of concern to older...
Jan 15, 2020
Created: January 13, 2020 10:48 AM ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s health care industry is waiting with some trepidation to see how Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to plug an over $8 billion hole in the state’s Medicaid program. The Democrat is expected to release his...
Jan 15, 2020
Protect yourself – DO NOT respond to email requests for information about your Social Security account. Scammers are sending faked documents by email to convince victims to comply with their demands. The letters may use official letterhead and government...
Jan 13, 2020
The schemers falsely told patients they had only six months to live in a ploy to collect hospice payments. KEY TAKEAWAYS The Merida Group enrolled patients with long-term, incurable diseases into hospice care after falsely telling them that they had less than six...
Dec 3, 2019
By Roshan Abraham | November 27, 2019 A shortage of home health aides across New York state raised concerns at an Assembly hearing on services provided for aging New Yorkers last week. The hearing arrived as a $15 million budget increase for aging services began...
Oct 3, 2019
Office for Aging Facing Drop in Ombudsman Volunteers Many residents of long-term care facilities in New York state lack regular access to ombudsman services due to a decline in the number of volunteers and a severe shortage of paid staff, according to an audit...
