{"id":183669,"date":"2021-02-20T03:48:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cuomo-proposes-his-own-nursing-home-reform-package\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T03:48:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T00:48:14","slug":"cuomo-proposes-his-own-nursing-home-reform-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuomo-proposes-his-own-nursing-home-reform-package\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday proposed a package of measures to boost accountability in the state\u2019s nursing homes \u2014 while facing a firestorm of criticism over his own handling of COVID-19 deaths in the facilities. <\/p>\n

Cuomo \u2014 under fire after The Post exclusively reported his top aide admitted in a private meeting with lawmakers that the administration deliberately withheld nursing-home coronavirus death data for fear of retribution from federal prosecutors \u2014 focused a chunk of his remote press briefing to laying out plans criticizing the facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to learn after this one, and we have to make the changes,\u201d the Democrat declared, laying out his nursing-home \u201creform package,\u201d which includes measures that would require facility operators to post owner names, lists of all Medicaid rates and contracts.<\/p>\n

Cuomo also wants to increase the civil monetary penalty from $10,000 to $25,000 for violations of public health law, as well as firmer infection-control regulations, at the sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not sign the budget without this nursing-home reform plan, period,\u201d the governor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Melissa DeRosa, the governor\u2019s embattled top aide, had said during last week\u2019s private meeting that Cuomo officials wanted to tighten up laws following the high death toll, infection spread and a litany of other issues at nursing homes including personal-protective-gear shortages that cropped up over the last year of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 13,000 New York nursing-homes residents have died from the virus so far.<\/p>\n

Cuomo officials revealed during the private meeting that not one nursing home in the state had its license to operate yanked amid COVID-19 \u2014 while just 170 violations were recorded out of 2,284 infection-control inspections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s top aide, says his administration is pressing for firmer infection-control regulations at nursing homes.<\/figcaption>
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James Clyne, the CEO of the nursing-home association LeadingAge, called Cuomo\u2019s proposed stiffer penalties and mandates \u201ccompletely punitive\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to hear nursing-home operators say, `We\u2019re not regulated enough,\u2019 \u201d Clyne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t think the lack of penalties is the problem. The issue is the need for financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the governor\u2019s proposal mirrors recommendations of the powerful healthcare workers union 1199SEIU.<\/p>\n

A state Senate Democrat, Mike Murphy, told The Post that lawmakers would take a look at Cuomo\u2019s package but are way ahead of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are passing our own bills that go further,\u201d Murphy said, noting that Senate Democrats have proposed and intend to pass a group of 10 bills early next week providing additional accountability measures for reporting death data in facilities and allowing loved ones into homes during the pandemic to assist with care.<\/p>\n

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie\u2019s office was not available for immedia<\/a>te comment as to whether or not he supports Cuomo\u2019s plan.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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