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Reforms follow deadly year in New York nursing homes
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FILE - In this March 21, 2021 file photo, Theresa Sari, left, and her daughter Leila Ali look at a section of a memorial wall after a news conference in New York Sari s mother, Maria Sachse, was a nursing home resident and died from COVID-19. After a deadly year in New Yorkâs nursing homes, state lawmakers have passed legislation that could potentially force facility owners to spend more on patient care. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
ALBANY (AP) After a deadly year in New York’s nursing homes, state lawmakers have passed legislation intended to hold facility operators more accountable for neglect and potentially force them to spend more on patient care.
“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 industry isn t owner greed, but poor reimbursement rates for care. He said it costs $266 on average to provide skilled nursing care per resident each day, but New York pays an average of $211.