New York

Nursing home operators in New York and Pennsylvania are stepping into the abyss this month, with no easy way to see just how far they might fall before hitting bottom.

New York AG alleges Centers Health Care ‘deprived’ four of its nursing homes of $83M leading to resident neglect … Tech interventions boost hand hygiene compliance across 2 health systems … Mandatory...

Mark Dirlam has been named regional vice president of the McGuire Group’s Western New York-based facilities.

A worker walkout at Weinberg Campus in New York this week found an unusual ally: the nonprofit senior health community’s chief executive officer.

A fourth lawsuit has been filed against New York state’s profit-cap mandate that directs any facility profits over 5% to a statewide pool. 

Labor and management are in lockstep that the 5% Medicaid reimbursement increase proposed by New York’s governor will not do nearly enough to alleviate the pressures facing nursing homes. 

The landlord of an upstate New York nursing home and the unlicensed operators who ran the facility for years before its 2021 closure have agreed to pay nearly $7.2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.

Final notice of PRF funds repayment process begins … Landa one of two NY nursing home owners accused of diverting almost $23 million federal money … Questions about past dog departing nonprofit facility...

Sweeping changes to wrongful death statutes in New York could open a much longer filing period for claims, expand the types of survivors eligible to sue nursing homes and the kinds of damages they can...

South Dakota governor wants to raise Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes from 70% to 90% of costs for Medicaid patients … NY nursing homes now required to notify families of confirmed new infections...