Health Care

Yes, Rockland County is in Trouble

December 9, 2011 Budget

Yesterday, after taking a quick look at the budget numbers and actions for 2012, I asked the question, is Rockland County (NY) in trouble? The answer is yes. This morning, the NYS Comptroller released the following (the emphases are mine): DiNAPOLI: POOR BUDGET PRACTICES HURTING ROCKLAND COUNTY County Has Incurred Large Debt and General Fund […]

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Another County Nursing Home on the Block

December 2, 2011 Budget

The county nursing home dramas continue to play out around New York. Here’s another one. Orange County (NY) Executive, Ed Diana submitted a 2012 budget that only had six months funding for the county nursing home, Valley View Center. The Legislature restored the missing six months funding. However, Diana vetoed the restoration. So now the […]

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What Albany County Long Term Care Could Use More of Instead of New Nursing Home Capacity

November 17, 2011 Expenditures

The Administrator of a non-profit nursing home in Albany County reminded me yesterday that what the area really needs is more assisted living, residential capacity. Right now there is only one facility in the County that accepts Medicaid for Assisted Living, a less patient restrictive, more homelike, and much less expensive type of program than […]

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Another County Nursing Home is Being Sold

November 17, 2011 County Government

Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out that there’s another New York county nursing home on the agenda of New York’s Public Health & Health Planning Council. Unlike Albany’s, this one, in Fulton County, is being sold. We talked earlier here about the large number of counties seeking to offload their nursing homes (and […]

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Left Hand/Right Hand Continued #2. Perspective From Another Nursing Home

November 16, 2011 Budget

Heard from the Administrator of another nursing home (by reputation, a good facility) who pointed out that she runs a nursing home of about the same size as Albany County and … The projected deficit for a new Albany County Nursing Home is about the same size as their entire annual budget. It must be […]

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Left Hand/Right Hand Continued. Tying Several Issues Together

November 16, 2011 County Government

Am hearing from officials in other New York counties regarding the Albany County Nursing Home. Here’s a quote that ties together several important issues: The nursing home issue goes to the heart of the issue about mandate relief/bailouts for counties. Why should Albany County get the same relief that other counties are getting when they […]

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