The NYS Department of Health has announced an expansion of the NY Independent Assessor Program (NYIAP) to include reassessments beginning January 1, 2024. The planned expansion is too soon and the timeline for rolling it out is too aggressive to provide enough assurance people will not lose access to services they need.
Advocates have raised concerns and made suggestions for consumer protections since the NYIAP was implemented, including in a letter to the Department of Health alongside the Coalition to Protect the Rights of New York’s Dual-Eligibles and managed care plan representatives in October 2022 (linked here).
The October 2023 letter urging delay and slow roll-out of the expansion can be downloaded here.