Gov. Kathy Hochul included $1.5 billion in new funding for hospitals and nursing homes in her executive budget proposal, but she didn’t specify how to divide the money up.
The New York State Health Facilities Association, which represents the state’s nursing homes and other providers of long-term care, is advocating for half that money be allocated to nursing homes.
The greater context here is that hospitals are having trouble discharging patients to nursing homes because nursing home operators receive such low reimbursement rates from state Medicaid.
The issue is causing a backlog, according to Stephen Hanse, president of the New York State Health Facilities Association and the New York state Center for Assisted Living.
Hanse joined Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter to discuss the situation facing the state’s 98,000 nursing home beds.
