Skilled-nursing facilities operated by Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital are no longer in danger of closely after a reversal from the state on reducing MediCal payments.
A bill that would eliminate proposed cuts to the Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for some skilled nursing facilities – such as Mabie Northside and Mabie Southside in Hollister – has passed the State Assembly.
Residents of the Mabie Skilled Nursing facilities planned to represent many rural residents in need of care at a press conference Wednesday in support of a state assembly bill that aims to keep a planned deduction in the Medi-cal reimbursement rate for such facilities from going into effect.