HCP NEWS ALERT MARCH 8 2024

Change Health Cyberattack Update In late February, Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), faced a significant cybersecurity incident, disrupting healthcare operations nationwide. The attack, attributed to the ransomware group BlackCat, rendered...

HCP NEWS ALERT JANUARY 9 2024

Multi-Hazard Weather Event Governor Hochul has issued a weather warning Press Release urging New Yorkers to prepare for heavy rains, very strong winds, and possible flash flooding today through Wednesday, January 10, 2024. This storm system will likely cause flooding...

HCP NEWS ALERT JANUARY 9 2024

DOH Recommends Masking for Health Care The Department of Health (DOH/the Department) released a Health Advisory on January 8, 2024, alerting health care providers to the recent increases in cases of influenza and COVID-19 throughout the state. Health care providers...

HCP NEWS ALERT JANUARY 5 2024

Winter Storm Affecting All NYS Regions The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued Winter Storm Watches, Warnings, and Advisories for many regions of New York State as a major winter storm on January 6 and 7, 2024, will likely result in hazardous conditions for many...

HCP NEWS ALERT DECEMBER 29 2023

Minimum Wage and Salary Exemption Changes Effective Monday, January 1, 2024 Minimum Wage and Worker Wage Parity As a reminder to our provider members, the new home care worker minimum wage and Wage Parity obligations are effective January 1, 2024. These new wage...

HCP NEWS ALERT DECEMBER 19 2023

HCP Opens MLTC Survey With the January 1, 2024, home care worker minimum wage implementation less than two weeks away, HCP’s Public Policy team wants to hear from you. To keep our fingers on the industry’s pulse, we have opened a survey to ask our members what they...