Official Notice of Home Care Worker Wage Parity

Minimum Rate of Total Compensation - Update

November 24, 2014

Dear Administrator:

The purpose of this letter is to provide all certified home health agencies (CHHAs), long term home health care programs (LTHHCPs) and managed care organizations (MCOs) in New York City with an updated explanation of the existing rates as they relate to changes in the computation of overtime.

Included in this notice is a document that further explains what is included in the rates as well as more details regarding changes to overtime. If you have any questions regarding this information, please email to the following address: HCWorkerParity@health.ny.gov.

Sincerely,

Mark L. Kissinger, Director
Division of Long Term Care

Enclosure (Wage Parity 2015 Rates)

cc: Jason Helgerson
Vallencia Lloyd