Reforms Follow Deadly Year in New York Nursing Homes – NBC New York
“The goal is here to not only protect people in nursing homes but to dissuade bad actors from coming into this business,” Sen. Gustavo Rivera, Senate health committee chair, said. New York’s budget would also send $64 million to nursing home and acute care facilities to increase nurse staffing levels. The nursing home industry has blasted the new revenue requirements, saying operators need flexibility for things like construction costs. Stephen Hanse, president and CEO of the New York State Health Facilities Association, which represents nursing homes, said the big problem in the indust...