{"id":3771,"date":"2022-01-11T22:06:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melodybenefits.com\/?p=3771"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:06:43","slug":"20-21-ny-state-budget-wage-parity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodybenefits.com\/20-21-ny-state-budget-wage-parity\/","title":{"rendered":"20-21 NY State Budget, Wage Parity, and You"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cEvery few years, there\u2019s talk about home healthcare agency owners having to sell their businesses because they can\u2019t make money,\u201d says Mr. Chaskie Rosenberg, Melody Benefits\u2019 founder. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Chaskie has been in business since 1997, so he knows a thing or two about the home health care industry<\/a>. We reached out to him for his take on the amendments to wage parity law in the 20-21 New York State Budget.<\/span><\/p>\n But first, some background:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New York\u2019s Wage Parity Law<\/a> sets minimum compensation rates for Medicaid-paid HHAs (home healthcare aides) in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n The \u201cminimum total compensation\u201d has two parts: the base wage and the wage parity benefits. The base wage is always cash wages, while the second part can be cash wages OR employee benefits, such as health, education, or pension<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Current wage parity rates stand at:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nWage parity benefits<\/b><\/h2>\n