Stakeholder meetings are scheduled on Long Island this week.

HERDS reporting questions reduced, but not frequency of reporting.

At the Oct. 11, 2023 meeting of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, LeadingAge NY spoke about the challenges nursing homes face in recruiting administrators and the need to update qualifications and administrator-in-training program requirements.

Slides and recordings available.

The new process applies to nursing home and certain diagnostic and treatment center CON applications, submitted on or after June 22, 2023, that relate to a significant change in beds, a change in location, or a significant change in services. A second webinar will be held on Sept. 14^th at 1 p.m.

Department of Health issues an advisory regarding Vibrio vulnificus infections in both NY and CT.

In comments on the revised proposed regulations, the association reiterated the need for modifications in the inventory calculation and Medicaid rates that cover unreimbursed PPE stockpile costs.

The proposed regulatory amendments close the loophole in the educational requirements for nursing by providing that nursing programs approved by another state that are determined not to be satisfactory to the Department of Health may not be used by an applicant to satisfy the education requirements for licensure as a nurse in New York.