Jan 222014
 

Page 54 of Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State describes how to calculate a penalty period when someone has made a gift. You need to know the regional rate in order to calculate the penalty period. The regional rates for 2014 are found in GIS 14 MA/03. The GIS tells you which counties are in which region. It reminds you to use the rate for the region in which the facility is located. The GIS may be found at the New York State Department of Health website: health.ny.gov.

The 2014 regional rates are:

CENTRAL: $8,645
Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Tioga and Tompkins Counties

NORTHEASTERN: $9,212
Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington Counties

WESTERN: $8,971
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming Counties

NORTHEASTERN METROPOLITAN: $11,135
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties

NEW YORK CITY: $11,423
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens and Richmond (Staten Island)

LONG ISLAND: $12,112
Nassau and Suffolk Counties

ROCHESTER: $10,073
Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties

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