Politics As It Happens: NY Times Story on At-Home Community Habilitation
The New York Times has published another article in its “Abused and Used” series. This one concerns the delivery of at-home care services to people with developmental disabilities by nonprofit agencies. Commissioner Burke is quoted. “Every day across New York State, thousands of part-time workers visit the homes of developmentally disabled people to teach them [...]
Politics As It Happens: Proposed Regulation Points to Large Plan Competition; State Wants to Certify More Home Health Agencies
Proposed State regulation points to the potential of large plan competition A proposed emergency regulation would permit Managed Care Organizations to circumvent the established process for determining need for additional Certified Home Health Agencies (CHHAs). The regulation would allow MCOs to expedite the creation of their own Certified Home Health Agencies (CHAAs). Existing fee-for-service CHHAs would then [...]
The Arc of Rensselaer County Executive Director Hanns Meissner Published in American Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
Congratulations to the Arc of Rensselaer County Executive Director Hanns Meissner who recently penned the article, “How the Shift to Individualize Supports Gets Stuck and The First Step Out of Gridlock,” published in the October 2011 issue of the American Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. “Many mature and successful service providers continue to find [...]
Exclusive Educational Seminars Presented by BHL and Travelers
Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention for Social Services Residential “Slips, trips and falls are the second leading cause of injury in the workplace” Identification & Assessment Strategies & Improvement Prevention Training Program Management Documents Presenter Cindy Bohan Senior Training Consultant Risk Management Department Travelers Insurance Company Creating a Transitional Return to Work Program “You can’t [...]
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