CDPAP HOLDUP: A state judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Department of Health from transferring patient data from one of the agencies that administers the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program to a contractor that is taking over the home care program. Judge Kevin Van Allen in Livingston County Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order stating that DOH cannot move any data from All American Home Care to Public Partnerships LLC because of patient privacy concerns. Sam Spokony, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said that the order applies only to one fiscal intermediary and does not affect the state’s larger home care transition. “This limited order is based on invalid claims and the State looks forward to demonstrating that to the court,” Spokony said.
SPINE CENTER OPENING: New York-Presbyterian has opened its Och Spine center at the Spiral building in Hudson Yards, the hospital announced Wednesday. The 50,000 square-foot ambulatory clinic has 33 exam rooms and six procedure rooms and is staffed by orthopedic and neurosurgical spine surgeons as well as other specialists. The center was funded by a $50 million donation from the Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation.
INVOLUNTARY REMOVALS: Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has missed a deadline to submit data on the number of people who were involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals by police officers and outreach workers last year, according to a report in Politico. The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health was required to submit data on involuntary hospitalizations of individuals experiencing severe mental illness by Jan. 1, but a City Hall spokesperson said that the deadline was not feasible to include December’s data. The most recent data is expected to be available by the end of the month, the report said.
