Nursing Homes

Policy Committee    May 13, 2024

SCRANTON, May 13 – Pennsylvania health care is failing its aging population, experts detailed during a House Majority Policy Committee hearing. Access to care, reimbursement and skilled-nursing staff are all concerns, according to health care experts. Experts and lawmakers noted the challenges and issues that presented themselves not only during the COVID-19 pandemic but also in the years following the pandemic. 

• Host: Rep. Kyle Mullins, D-Lackawanna
• Testifiers:
  • Bill Conaboy, Esq.- President & CEO, Allied Services Integrated Health System
  • James Cooney, HSE, NHA- Vice President of Skilled Nursing Operations, Allied Services Integrated Health System
  • Noelle Lyon-Kovaleski- Administrator, Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
  • Megan Barbour- Director of Long Term Care Transformation Office, Pennsylvania Department of Health
  • Jeanne Parisi- Deputy Secretary for Quality Assurance, Pennsylvania Department of Health
  • Zach Shamberg- President & CEO, Pennsylvania Health Care Association

Agenda + Testimony

• Hearing agenda and testimony: Nursing Homes

Media Release + News Coverage

• Committee examines patient outcomes, nursing home care, May 13, 2024
• Scranton Times-Tribune, 'Decreased availability:' Long-term care officials highlight staffing and other challenges straining industry, May 13, 2024

Video + Photos

• Click here to view the entire hearing
• Click here to view photos from the hearing