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- May 4, 2023
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New York’s Health Care System Remains Troubled Despite Medicaid Increase The New York State budget for fiscal year 2023-24 approved in Albany this week provides desperately needed Medicaid rate increases to hospitals, nursing homes, and Assisted Living Programs. However, due to 15 years of inaction, increases in cost of care, regulatory requirements, and a statewide health care workforce crisis, the 7.5 percent Medicaid rate increase provided to nursing homes is not enough to ensure access to care.
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- May 23, 2022
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Not-for-Profit Nursing Home Operators File Lawsuit to Overturn Illegal and Unconstitutional State Statutes Not-for-profit and public nursing homes led by LeadingAge NY have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn two state laws imposing arbitrary minimum staffing and spending levels during a declared statewide health care workforce emergency that has triggered the deployment of the National Guard.
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- April 1, 2022
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LeadingAge NY Response to Executive Order No. 4.7: Implementation of Nursing Home Staff Mandate is a False Promise to Residents and Families By enacting a law that is impossible for more than 80 percent of the state's nursing homes to comply with, Governor Hochul and the Legislature have made a false promise to nursing home residents, LeadingAge NY President and CEO Jim Clyne says in a new statement.
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- February 15, 2022
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LeadingAge New York Calls on Legislature to Preserve Consumers’ Long-Term Care Relationships and Reject Medicaid Managed Care RFP LeadingAge NY is calling on the State Legislature to reject a proposal in Governor Hochul’s budget that, if implemented, would disrupt the delivery of specialized MLTC services to older adults and people with disabilities.
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- January 6, 2022
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Governor Hochul Priorities Include the Needs of Older New Yorkers and State’s Long-Term Care Communities The needs of older New Yorkers and a focused plan of action to address a workforce crisis in the long-term care sector are clear signs of engagement and understanding from Governor Kathy Hochul as she outlined her priorities for 2022, according to LeadingAge NY.
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- December 6, 2021
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Calling on the National Guard Will Not Solve the Crisis Facing Western New York Hospitals and Nursing Homes LeadingAge NY is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to provide an immediate Medicaid rate increase to New York’s nursing homes to enable them to staff their facilities appropriately, deliver high-quality care to their residents, and relieve hospital overcrowding.
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- November 30, 2021
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Nursing Home Residents Need Consistent Care, Not Military Mobilization: LeadingAge New York Responds to Governor Hochul’s National Guard Deployment in Nursing Homes LeadingAge NY is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to provide an immediate Medicaid rate increase to New York’s nursing homes to enable them to staff their facilities appropriately, deliver high-quality care to their residents, and relieve hospital overcrowding.
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- October 7, 2021
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LeadingAge New York Prescribes a Dose of Reality for New York State Officials During Testimony to Health Planning Council LeadingAge NY testified before the Public Health and Health Planning Council on Oct. 7th and offered its recommendations to enhance care and services within the long-term care sector, calling its perspective a “dose of reality.”
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- September 9, 2021
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Department of Health’s $17 Billion Medicaid Waiver Proposal Misses Opportunities to Support Long Term Care: LeadingAge New York Analysis New York State must make long term care a top priority for allocation of resources under its proposed $17 billion Medicaid waiver in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, urged LeadingAge NY in a letter to Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.
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- May 19, 2021
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LeadingAge New York Calls on Health Department to Revise Testing and Reporting Requirements at Nursing Homes and Adult Care Centers As New York State’s COVID-19 community infection rates decline and vaccination levels increase, LeadingAge NY is calling on DOH to revise its COVID-19 testing and reporting requirements for long term care providers.
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