Nursing home owners and advocates have long decried low Medicaid reimbursements to the sector across the U.S. And now leaders in New York state – home to one of the largest number of facilities – are uniting to forcefully demand change. Much like the rest of the country, closures, especially in Upstate New York, have […]
As the nursing home sector nervously awaits a potential federal minimum staffing mandate, several states are implementing similar mandates of their own, with New York issuing initial letters of violation of state policy this week. According to nursing home advocates, New York’s Department of Health sent out its first set of letters to nursing home […]
Nursing home operators in New York can expect to see assessments tied to the state minimum staffing standard as early as July 10, the state Department of Health said in a memo. Facilities that are out of compliance with the new staffing standards could receive civil monetary penalties of up to $2,000 per day, the […]
Nursing homes are past the “nightmare” caused by Covid-19, but now are facing “a real business problem” that could be considerably worsened by the coming federal staffing mandate. That’s according to Mark Parkinson, CEO and president of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). He spoke Tuesday of the urgent need to […]
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) is already revising its minimum staffing regulations for nursing homes just months after the policies were officially implemented in April. A $300 per day minimum penalty was removed from legislation if there is an “extraordinary circumstance,” like severe staffing shortages or an ongoing union dispute, according to […]
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