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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Pa DOH Downgrades Gracedale's License

Back in early May, NorCo Exec Tara Zrinski had good news about Gracedale, reporting that state Department of Health officials were very positive during the annual survey. Based on what she said, I expected to see that Gracedale's provisional license would be restored to regular status during a recent state licensure visit. Instead, that license has been downgraded from Provisional I to Provisional II. Though the county has been aware of this relegation, it has failed to make any public mention of it during any of the meetings since that time. This is not transparency. This is sweeping a problem under the rug and hoping no one notices. 

My understanding is that, at some point, Medicaid will refuse to reimburse nursing homes. This facility continues to move in the wrong direction. 

3 comments:

  1. Definitely in the wrong direction. Provisional 2 is when your problems worsen from having deficiencies that led to Provisional 1.

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  2. Doing what she always does. Words without action. Go ahead, now blame Lamont for this also.

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  3. This is what you get when you elect incompetent people- all talk, no action.

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