A severe ongoing shortage of inspectors has led to New York City nursing homes facing significant survey delays, reflecting a trend in the larger state and a wider nationwide crisis. As of June, about 73% of federally designated nursing facilities in the five boroughs of New York had not been inspected within the required 15-month […]
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Embroiled in an ongoing scandal about the state’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced reform legislation that would require full disclosure of facility ownership and place caps on both profits and executive pay. “Facilities have put profits over care for far too long and as we look forward, we […]
Health care providers — including skilled nursing operators — in New York could see a new 3% surcharge on all new facilities under the governor’s proposed budget for fiscal 2021. The New York Post first reported the news earlier this week. The 2020-2021 executive budget proposes setting a certificate of need (CON) fee of 3% […]
After a tense year of standoffs between New York nursing home providers and the state government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined his budget for the new fiscal 2021 with an eye toward curbing rapidly-expanding Medicaid spending. The budget doesn’t propose specific cuts to the Medicaid program, but Cuomo’s goal is to achieve $2.5 billion in savings […]
A judge in New York threw a roadblock in front of a proposed change to Medicaid reimbursement calculations, one that skilled nursing providers argued could set them back millions. Acting Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O’Connor issued a preliminary injunction on November 7 that prevents the state of New York from implementing a change in how […]
A coalition of nursing home providers in New York State on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Health (DOH), alleging violations of federal and state law with regard to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding cuts. “These rate reductions were motivated purely out of budgetary concerns, with no consideration for the residents […]
A plan to significantly change New York State’s Medicaid reimbursement model for nursing homes remains up in the air, leaving operators wondering if they could face retroactive cuts to the tune of millions of dollars. Back in June, New York officials filed a state plan amendment (SPA) with the federal government that would make changes […]
Five-star nursing homes in the state of New York are less likely to admit low-income residents than one-star facilities in the state, according to an investigation by The Buffalo News published on Sunday. Using data from the state Department of Health (DOH) from 2017, the publication found that those who enter New York nursing homes […]
A workgroup authorized by the state of New York predicted dire outcomes for the Empire State’s skilled nursing facilities in a statement and recommendations delivered to various state departments on Friday. In the statement, the Nursing Home Acuity Workgroup described the planned change in methodology as “using unrepresentative resident assessment data.” Specifically, the state Department […]
New York is among the top 10 states with the greatest number of nursing homes. But according to one state senator, the Empire State isn’t doing enough to enforce its existing regulations for standards of care — and needs new legislation to bring nursing homes up to speed. State Sen. Robert Ortt, a Republican whose […]
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