Mealey's (October 23, 2018, 12:43 PM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A regulatory “soft cap” on executive salaries for health care providers exceeded the New York State Department of Health (DOH)’s administrative authority, a divided New York Court of Appeals concluded Oct. 18 in a partial win for nursing homes and assisted-living programs that had challenged the constitutionality of the regulation (LeadingAge New York Inc., et al. v. Niraj Shah, Commissioner of Health, et al., APL-2017-00150, N.Y. App., 2018 N.Y. LEXIS 2970)....