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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Joins the Over-40 Club for Paid Sick Leave

6/25/2025

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On June 12, 2025, Mayor Ed Gainey signed into law an amendment to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA) that changes the accrual requirements and amount of paid sick leave that must be provided under the Act. Effective January 1, 2026, employers in Pittsburgh, regardless of size, must allow covered employees to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked in the city instead of 35 hours. Read More
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Results of Pennsylvania HCBS Rate and Wage Study Released

2/26/2025

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The Pennsylvania Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) released the 2025 Home-and Community-Based Services Rate and Wage Study. The study revealed the need for rate increases for the services listed below and identified the rate gaps for each.

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Updated Medicaid HCBS Rates for Pennsylvania

12/4/2024

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Pennsylvania Medicaid Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Rates have been updated and take effect January 1, 2025.

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Pennsylvania Passes New Law to Boost Home Care Recruitment

11/13/2024

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed two bills aimed at improving home care and hospice services. House Bill 155 allows healthcare providers, including home care agencies, to use remote video technology for interviewing direct care workers, streamlining the recruitment process. Senate Bill 1080 enables licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to pronounce death in home hospice settings, enhancing end-of-life care. These changes are expected to improve recruitment efforts and increase efficiency in delivering care, which is especially important as demand for home-based services grows. 

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Pennsylvania Home Care Agencies: Complete HCBS Rate and Wage Study by November 15

10/9/2024

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The Pennsylvania Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) is re-opening the Calendar Year 2023 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) rate study survey to allow additional responses from providers who were unable to participate earlier. This includes personal assistance agencies (PAS).

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HCBS Rate & Wage Study Survey for Pennsylvania Agencies

8/21/2024

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The Pennsylvania Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) has engaged Mercer Government Human Services Consulting to conduct a rate study survey for several Home and Community-Based Services, including personal assistance services. All providers in Pennsylvania are asked to complete the survey by next Friday, August 23, for calendar year 2023. The information collected in this survey will be used to assist in developing a point of reference for the rate range to evaluate current payment rates. In addition to results from this survey, the review will include payment rate information from Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) in OLTL claims data, recent legislative policies, department expectations, and other data obtained from publicly available sources.

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Pennsylvania Enacts Law Banning Certain Non-Compete Agreements with Healthcare Providers

8/14/2024

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Last month, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (HB 1633), which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an employer and health care practitioner if the covenant is more than one year or the health care practitioner was “dismissed by the employer.” The effective date of the Act is January 1, 2025, according to HCAOA Associate Member Littler.

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PA Department of Health Resolves Issue with CNAs Working for Home Care

9/20/2023

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​On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that non-medical homecare agencies are approved providers for the purpose of CNA recertifications. However, this was not the case two months ago when Credentia, the vendor for the department, had removed home care agencies as approved providers. Now that the issue has been resolved, CNAs who work for home care agencies and were unable to renew their license will be notified by Credentia in the coming weeks.


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Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Paid Leave Ordinance for 2022 and 2023

3/16/2022

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​On March 3, 2022, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s City Council adopted and sent to the mayor (who we expect to sign) Bill # 220051-A, an ordinance requiring covered employers to provide paid “COVID-19 Leave” starting immediately (when the law officially takes effect upon signature by the mayor) and through December 31, 2023 (though the city council discussed the possibility of later amending the ordinance to expire sooner should the COVID-19 situation improve). To employers that had to comply with Philadelphia’s 2021 COVID-19 paid leave law, the ordinance will look very familiar. A few provisions, however, are slightly different, most notably the amount of leave employers must provide.

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