STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Leadership at a Staten Island nursing home says it could soon close its doors if state funding doesn’t improve.
Michael Kraus, the administrator at Silver Lake Specialized Care and Rehab Center, said Monday that the state’s low Medicaid reimbursement rates have been the main source of financial distress for the Brighton Heights facility.
A lawsuit the 278-bed nursing home filed in January against the state argues the Health Department should reassess its reimbursement rates, provide an emergency grant to the facility, end a nursing home quality initiative that unfairly penalizes Silver Lake, and decide on another grant program for which the nursing home applied in 2024…