Bishop Rehabilitation To Offer Staff Bonuses For Quality Measures

Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Syracuse, New York and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 1199 recently agreed on a wage incentive program to pay staff bonuses when the facility meets quality of care measures. SEIU represents the facility's direct care staff. On July 18, 2018, the two organizations ratified an agreement where the facility said it will provide lump-sum increases concurrent to meeting quality of care benchmarks, such as the reduction of pressure ulcers, falls with injury, re-hospitalizations, and other quality indicators.

In the collective bargaining agreement, SEIU 1199 and Bishop Rehabilitation agreed to create . . .