Providers may challenge rules and regulations established by federal agencies that they believe violate the Medicare and Medicaid Acts, thanks to a ruling this week by a federal court.
Long-term care facilities in New York must offer new hires an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine within two weeks of their employment, according to new state guidance.
Provider concerns about surveyors potentially spreading COVID-19 throughout facilities due to a lack of required testing before entering may be justified after a report that a health department employee may have exposed residents and staff to the disease during an audit.
Many long-time McKnight’s readers will remember Beechwood Restorative Care Center and its $25 million victory against the state of New York. The settlement ended a 13-year war and one of the most egregious abuses of administrative power that could be imagined. The retaliation was perpetrated by high level state Department of Health officials who were…
A proposed spending mandate that would force New York nursing homes to use at least 70% of their revenue on direct resident care is being criticized by providers as it nears approval.
A proposal requiring New York’s comptroller office to conduct an automatic review of the state’s nursing home policies surrounding COVID-19 and how well providers complied is being pushed by a Republican lawmaker.
Virtual infection prevention and control assessments reached four times as many skilled nursing facilities as onsite visits in the same timeframe, according to a study in 92 SNFs early in the pandemic.
Another governor is on the ropes about possibly withholding nursing home COVID-19 death data to help the state’s overall fatality numbers.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is now facing a new federal inquiry stemming from the revelation that his office lied about the state’s nursing home coronavirus death data.
No long-term care advocate is surprised by what was hiding behind Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mask of self-congratulatory competence. Indeed, his reckless disregard for the lives of nursing home residents in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic was a centerpiece of an academic article of mine. As I noted in the Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, in…
