2020 LHCSA Statistical Reports Now Available

The 2020 Licensed Home Care Services Agency (LHCSA) Statistical Report and the 2020 Assisted Living Program (ALP) LHCSA Statistical Report are now available on the Health Commerce System (HCS).

Completed reports must be submitted by December 31, 2021.

HCA has asked for an extension of this date due to the short notice, staff holiday schedules, workforce shortages, pandemic impacts and more, all affecting data compilation. HCA will notify members of DOH’s response, but agencies should still take all actions necessary to start the Reports now in the event the extension is not granted.

The 2020 LHCSA Statistical Report and the 2020 ALP LHCSA Statistical Report use the Universal Data Collection System (UDCS) platform for both reports. The UDCS application and Statistical Report forms must be downloaded from the HCS and installed on a user’s computer. There have been changes to the software and thus users must download the revised software.

LHCSA Registration Process

LHCSAs are required to register annually with the state Department of Health (DOH). LHCSAs must register for 2022 by successfully submitting a complete 2020 LHCSA Statistical Report and/or 2020 ALP LHCSA Statistical Report.

ALP LHCSA Reporting

LHCSAs serving the ALP have a separate report on UDCS. ALP LHCSAs that exclusively serve ALP patients will not need to enter information on the 2020 LHCSA Statistical Report, but will need to complete and submit the 2020 ALP LHCSA Statistical Report.

ALP LHCSAS that also serve the community must submit the LHCSA Statistical Report regarding the patients in the community and the ALP LHCSA Statistical Report regarding their patients in the ALP.

Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs)

LHCSAs that are exclusively FIs must complete the LHCSA Statistical Report.

Failure to complete and submit the Statistical Report by the stipulated deadline will result in the following penalties:

Resources and Documents

The following documents are available on the HCS (under “Newsroom Highlights”) to assist you:

  1. Dear Administrator Letter DHCBS 20-15, including a document that outlines all changes made from the 2018 LHCSA Statistical Report.
  2. Instruction Document on uninstalling the old Report Manager Software, downloading and installing the revised Report Manager Software and downloading the Report.
  3. Instruction document that reviews all forms to be used for the 2020 LHCSA Statistical Report.
  4. Instruction document that reviews all forms to be used for the 2020 ALP LHCSA Statistical Report.

Questions may be directed to DOH via email to HCStatRpts@health.ny.gov .

Join Our Email List

Join Our Email List

By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact