Aren’t those medicaid payments based on the individual resident benefits? So basically he’s denying the poor elderly benefits, and punishing the people that worked there through the pandemic, that were not long ago “heroes”.
CMS can force the transfer of residents for non-compliance.
Here’s a recent example:
Notice from CMS in December 2020 https://www.cms.gov/files/document/nebraska-belle-terrace-public-notice-amended-122920.pdf-0
Nursing home closed in March 2021 https://www.tecumsehchieftain.com/news/belle-terrace-nursing-home-closed
The last two residents of Belle Terrace nursing home in Tecumseh were expected to be transferred to another facility on Friday, March 12, as the owners of the Belle Terrace nursing home decided to close its doors. Yitzi Ribiat, owner of Sienna Health Care of New Jersey, had been the owner of Belle Terrace nursing home since August 1, 2020 after a judge in the Johnson County District Court…
From what I can gather, the state stepped in back in July 2020 due to complaints about understaffing and other issues. Nothing COVID-related.