Lisa Haglund, President and CEO of Heritage Ministries, spoke with Terry Frank from WJTN/Radio Jamestown regarding recent legislation regarding nursing home staffing. Content from the interview is below.
With an on-going nursing shortage across New York state, now is not the time for “punitive measures” to be taken against nursing homes. Those are the feelings of Heritage Ministries President and Chief Executive Officer Lisa Haglund, who says they are supporting a lawsuit by the “LeadingAge” group against New York and Governor Kathy Hochul. She says they’re trying to prevent the state from enforcing minimum staffing standards for resident care and, putting mandates on the amount of revenue spent on direct care.
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Haglund says the new measures would impose fines when nursing home facilities have to use overtime to comply with providing 3.5 hours of care per resident per day. She thanked state Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andy Goodell for voting against the new measures. Haglund adds, though, that they are now looking to boost Medicaid reimbursements to their facilities.
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As a not-for-profit, Haglund says they’ve been able to boost nursing salaries about five percent in recent times but, adds that not every group or facility can do that. She concluded by saying that it’s hard for them to compete against hospitals for the same nursing pool.
New York state is continuing to deal with a nursing shortage and, two new measures approved by state lawmakers will make more difficult for nursing homes to provide services. That from Heritage Ministries President and Chief Executive Officer Lisa Haglund, who says they are supporting a lawsuit by the “LeadingAge” group against the state, and Governor Kathy Hochul. She says they’re trying to prevent the state from enforcing what she calls “punitive measures” on homes that pay too much overtime to meet minimum standards of care.
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Haglund says the new measures would impose fines when nursing home facilities have to use overtime to comply with providing 3.5 hours of care per resident per day. She thanked state Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andy Goodell for voting against the new measures. Haglund adds, though, that they are now looking to boost Medicaid reimbursements to their facilities so they can compete against hospitals.