Who sets standards and regulates home care?
Both New York State and the federal government set standards and regulate home care. Home care agencies and programs differ in the services they provide and the State agency that oversees their operation. The New York State Department of Health (DOH) sets standards for and regulates all home care agencies that provide health or medically-related services to people in their homes. DOH and the Federal Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly regulate agencies participating in the Medicare program. DOH regulations and standards require that home care providers meet the same standards relating to agency establishment, paraprofessional training, quality of care and consumer protection standards including service delivery and personnel requirements.
