Miscellaneous_Notices$Hearings Miscellaneous Notices/Hearings

  • 6/15/16 N.Y. St. Reg. Miscellaneous Notices/Hearings
    NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
    VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 24
    June 15, 2016
    MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES/HEARINGS
     
    Notice of Abandoned Property Received by the State Comptroller
    Pursuant to provisions of the Abandoned Property Law and related laws, the Office of the State Comptroller receives unclaimed monies and other property deemed abandoned. A list of the names and last known addresses of the entitled owners of this abandoned property is maintained by the office in accordance with Section 1401 of the Abandoned Property Law. Interested parties may inquire if they appear on the Abandoned Property Listing by contacting the Office of Unclaimed Funds, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at:
    1-800-221-9311 or visit our web site at: www.osc.state.ny.us
    Claims for abandoned property must be filed with the New York State Comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds as provided in Section 1406 of the Abandoned Property Law. For further information contact: Office of the State Comptroller, Office of Unclaimed Funds, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236.
    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
    Department of Financial Services
    Pursuant to Insurance Law section 2305, the New York State Department of Financial Services hereby gives notice of a public hearing:
    Time and Date: 11:00 a.m. on June 28, 2016.
    Place: Department of Financial Services, One State Street, 6th Floor Hearing Room, New York, NY 10004
    Purpose: The purpose of the public hearing is to determine whether the Superintendent of Financial Services should approve a proposed workers' compensation insurance 2016 loss cost increase of 9.3 percent that was filed with the Department of Financial Services by the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board, to be effective October 1, 2016, or some other such 2016 loss cost change. If approved, the revised loss costs will be used by workers' compensation insurance companies in setting their rates.
    The hearing is open to the public. Interested parties may testify at the hearing or submit written comments to be included in the hearing record. Each speaker will be allowed up to five minutes for oral testimony.
    Requests to testify at the hearing should be made in advance. Written comments for the hearing record will be accepted both in advance and for up to five business days after the hearing. Requests to testify and written comments should be submitted to New York State Department of Financial Services, Public Affairs Office - Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2016 Hearing, One State Street, New York, NY 10004, or e-mailed to public-hearings@dfs.ny.gov with the subject line "WORKERS COMPENSATION LOSS COST 2016 HEARING."
    In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department of Financial Services will provide reasonable accommodations, including interpreter services for the hearing impaired, at no charge to any covered individual wishing to testify at the public hearing, provided that such request is received at least five business days prior to the hearing date and communicated in writing to: New York State Department of Financial Services, Public Affairs Office - Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2016 Hearing, One State Street, New York, NY 10004.
    For further information, please contact: Department of Financial Services, Public Affairs Office - Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2016 Hearing, One State St., New York, NY 10004, e-mail: public-hearings@dfs.ny.gov
    PUBLIC NOTICE
    Department of Health
    Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 447.205, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:
    The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XIX (Medicaid) State Plan for long term care services to comply with enacted statutory provisions related to temporary rate adjustments to providers that are undergoing a closure, merger, consolidation, acquisition or restructuring of themselves or other health care providers. These payments are currently authorized by current State statutory and regulatory provisions. The following provides clarification to provisions previously noticed on October 29, 2014:
    The temporary rate adjustments have been reviewed and approved with aggregate payment amounts totaling up to $113,455,264, for the periods November 1, 2014 through March 31, 2018. The approved providers/provider groups along with their estimated aggregate amounts include:
    Provider Type: Hospitals; Providers include: Critical Access Hospitals (includes Carthage Area Hospital, Inc.; Catskill Regional Medical Center-Hermann; Clifton-Fine Hospital; Community Memorial Hospital, Inc.; Cuba Memorial Hospital, Inc.; Delaware Valley Hospital, Inc.; Elizabethtown Community Hospital; Ellenville Regional Hospital; Gouverneur Hospital; Lewis County General Hospital; Little Falls Hospital; Margaretville Hospital; Moses-Ludington Hospital; O’Connor Hospital; River Hospital; Schuyler Hospital; and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Co.); Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $5,000,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: All; Providers include: Severely Financially Distressed Providers; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $20,000,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: Hospitals; Providers include: Mount Sinai Hospital Groups; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $15,000,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: Hospital; Providers include: South Nassau Hospital; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $3,000,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: Hospital; Providers include Maimonides Medical Center; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $2,500,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: Nursing Homes; Providers include Neurodegenerative Disease Centers for Excellence (includes Terrence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center; Ferncliff Nursing Home Co., Inc.; Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center; Victoria Home; and Apex Rehab & Care Center):; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated totaling up to $5,000,000 for SFY 2014/2015; $0 for SFY 2015/2016; up to $2,947,020 for SFY 2016/2017; and up to $710,190 for SFY 2017/2018.
    Provider Type: Nursing Homes; Providers include: CINERGY Collaborative; Estimated aggregate amounts allocated: 2014/2015: $55,000,000; 2015/2016: $0; and 2016/2017: $0.
    Provider Type: Nursing Homes; Providers include: Blue Line Group (includes Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc.; Heritage Commons Residential Health Care Facility; Mercy Living Center; and Adirondack Medical Center-Uihlein Living Center); Estimated aggregate amounts totaling up to: $0 for SFY 2014/2015; $0 for 2015/2016; and up to $4,298,054 for SFY 2016/2017.
    The estimated net aggregate increase in gross Medicaid expenditures attributable to this initiative contained in the budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014/2015 is $105,500,000; for SFY 2015/2016 is $0; for 2016/2017 is $7,245,074; and for 2017/2018 is $710,190.
    The public is invited to review and comment on this proposed State Plan Amendment (SPA). Copies of which will be available for public review on the Department’s website at http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/state_plans/status. In addition, approved SPA’s beginning in 2011, are also available for viewing on this website.
    Copies of the proposed State Plan Amendments will be on file in each local (county) social services district and available for public review.
    For the New York City district, copies will be available at the following places:
    New York County
    250 Church Street
    New York, New York 10018
    Queens County, Queens Center
    3220 Northern Boulevard
    Long Island City, New York 11101
    Kings County, Fulton Center
    114 Willoughby Street
    Brooklyn, New York 11201
    Bronx County, Tremont Center
    1916 Monterey Avenue
    Bronx, New York 10457
    Richmond County, Richmond Center
    95 Central Avenue, St. George
    Staten Island, New York 10301
    For further information and to review and comment, please contact: Department of Health, Division of Finance and Rate Setting, 99 Washington Ave., One Commerce Plaza, Suite 1460, Albany, NY 12210, e-mail: spa_inquiries@health.ny.gov

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