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Witnesses tell Health Committee low Medicaid rates threaten North Jersey pediatric nursing facility
Summary
An administrator for Phoenix Center for Rehabilitation and Pediatrics told the Assembly Health Committee that an apparent historical error in Medicaid reimbursement has left the 101-bed pediatric facility underpaid compared with other New Jersey pediatric centers, risking sustainability unless corrected.
Natasha Islam, administrator at the Phoenix Center for Rehabilitation and Pediatrics in Haskell, told the Assembly Health Committee she is seeking a correction to New Jersey Medicaid reimbursement rates that she said were set incorrectly by prior owners.
Islam said the Phoenix Center is one of three pediatric skilled nursing facilities in the state and the only one in North Jersey. She said owners have invested…
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