Cuomo's murderous nursing home order failed federal guidelines https://www.chron.com/news/article/Medicare-chief-Cuomo-s-nursing-home-order-did-15302988.php WASHINGTON — The federal government's top official overseeing nursing homes said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive order in late March that directed the admittance of coronavirus patients from hospitals to nursing facilities did not follow her agency's guidance. Cuomo has insisted that his original order regarding nursing homes was aligned with the Trump administration's policy, but Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Wednesday that's not the case. "Under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a patient to a nursing home that is not prepared to take care of those patients' needs," Verma said on Fox News Radio. “The federal guidelines are absolutely clear about this.” New York nursing homes have reported about 6,000 confirmed or presumed COVID-19 deaths, as of May 27, the most recent data available... Cuomo's March 25 nursing home order did not specifically say that nursing homes should only accept recovering coronavirus patients if they were safely able to do so, a talking point he has been making repeatedly in recent weeks. The order said "all NHs must comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs. Residents are deemed appropriate for return to a NH upon a determination by the hospital physician or designee that the resident is medically stable for return." It emphasized: "No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19." The policy prompted severe backlash against the Cuomo administration as COVID-19 cases spread rampantly among seniors in nursing homes, causing many deaths. Then, on May 10, Cuomo revised this policy, ordering nursing homes to only accept hospital patients who have tested negative for coronavirus into their facilities. "Gov. Cuomo’s failed nursing home policy caused massive loss of life in our state, and his attempt to deflect blame onto the administration and the CDC is both irresponsible and false,” U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said Friday.