Pandemic revealed N.J. does not know who owns for-profit nursing homes. New law would change that.
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Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J., on Thursday April 16, 2020. Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies Sunday and Monday at the nursing home in northwestern New Jersey, according to news reports. The ownership has since changed hands and the facilities renamed Limecrest Subacute and Rehabilitation Center and Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center.
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Nursing home operators must reveal more information about their finances and their ownership and also pass a review evaluating their track record on safety and quality before state regulators will allow properties to be sold, under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed late Wednesday.
One state investigation is headed by Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, as was noted by speakers at the meeting. However Fantasia called it an appearance of a conflict of interest because Grewal is appointed to the post by Gov. Phil Murphy.
The U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey announced in October that it has launched its own investigation, focusing on the veterans homes.
Among speakers on the resolution was Republican Frank Pallotta of Mahwah, who ran unsuccessfully for the 5th Congressional District seat held by Rep. Josh Gottheimer last November. Pallotta announced his intent to run for the same seat in 2022.
During a tense hearing, N.J.’s top health official defends state’s response to nursing home crisis
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
Posted Apr 21, 2021
Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, top right, described to the Assembly Budget Committee Wednesday how state and local public health officials fought to stem the spread of the coronavirus inside long-term care facilities.
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State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli on Wednesday defended her office’s response to the pandemic and the “devastating” toll it took on residents in long-term care facilities, noting the department has issued $2.2 million in fines against 79 operators for more than 600 violations.
Persichilli did not identify the facilities or describe the infractions uncovered by surveyors, who she said conducted more than 1,000 infection control inspections and more than 520 inspections in the last 13 months. She used these and other statistics in a presentation before the state Assembly Budget Com
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NEW JERSEY State Health officials say the state is still struggling to manage the pandemic since the latest data shows New Jersey remains wedged inside a COVID-19 hot zone, and it s currently ranked first in the U.S. in coronavirus deaths per capita over the past week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli told the state Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday that the trend could continue to slow the pace of reopenings or capacity expansions while the state continues to address problems at long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
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