He added: "Then and now, nursing homes cannot discriminate against COVID patients and they cannot accept patients if they aren't able to provide adequate care, including staff screenings, PPE, and infection control measures like cohorting. visit) to inform him that 'Cuomo's my man.' But Cuomo balked. "As we said at the time, the updated guidance didn't supersede the March 25th guidance – rather, it added a new requirement that says hospitals cannot discharge patients to nursing homes until they test negative." home crisis (current Special Nursing Home Prosecutor Charles J. "DOH posted updated guidance that builds on the original March 25 guidance which barred nursing homes from discriminating against COVID patients," Ajemian said. Cuomo went on the defensive Friday against widespread criticism that his administration undercounted by more than 4,000 the number of nursing home patients who died of Covid-19. Peter Ajemian, Cuomo's senior communications director, told Fox News that the May 10 guidance did not replace the March 25 order. It is unclear if Cuomo's office or the state's health department had a role in the removal of the March document. The CMS approved nursing home visitation. The order also said nursing homes and adult facilities were "prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission."Ĭuomo's office told Fox News that the state Department of Health regularly updates its website to avoid confusion, though his office insisted the May 10 order was not a backtrack of its previous order, according to Fox News. Cuomo didnt give a specific date for when nursing home visits could resume but the change appears to be immediate, since it relies on federal guidelines. The March 25 order is only accessible through an archived version of the webpage, posted by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.īefore Cuomo released new guidance on May 10, mandating that hospitals could not send COVID-19 positive patients back to nursing homes until they tested negative for the virus, the controversial order stated that "no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19." On Wednesday, the state of New York's website displayed an error message, stating the "page that you are looking for is not found," in place of a link to the original document.
Andrew Cuomo's March 25 order that required nursing homes to admit patients who were suspected to have or had tested positive for COVID-19 has been deleted from the state of New York's website, Fox News reported Tuesday. Cuomo and the nursing home order at a rally on Feb. A total of 73 of residents and 49 of staff have taken the shots. Manhattan DA Ends Andrew Cuomo Nursing-Home Probe. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Gabriella Bass A sign protesting against Gov. All nursing home residents and staff in the state have been offered Covid vaccines at this point, Cuomo said. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-80 or visit.
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