For Your Health:
Keeping the Pulse of the Law
Don’t expose yourself to unnecessary risks. Documentation containing inadvertent errors can often times be used as the basis for civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions before those accused have the opportunity to explain or correct those errors. SNF scrutiny in a politically charged environment warrants operators to place additional emphasis on documentation compliance to avoid issues.
Latest Status of Proposed New York Nursing Home Reform Legislation
As you are no doubt aware, the New York State Governor, the State Senate and the State Assembly have each recently introduced numerous bills aimed at reforming the New York nursing home industry, some with the potential to have drastic effect on the viability of the industry’s future. As we continue to monitor the status of the various proposals and we develop and evaluate potential legal challenges (depending on the passage of any bills into law), it is important that you remain aware of the status of the various bills and develop a strategy to lobby your representatives, for appropriate measures and against inappropriate ones.
Therefore, below is a reference chart that lists each key bill, summarizes its intent, and links to a website that tracks its status.
