The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not come to play this week when they filed 75,000 pages of records in response to a lawsuit brought against the nursing home staffing mandate.
This was the opening move by CMS since the American Health Care Association (AHCA) filed suit against the mandate earlier this year. According...CMS Rules
Nursing home advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration's federal staffing minimum rule, which was promised in the wake of the devastation in nursing homes and exacerbation of nursing staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It should come as no surprise that the American Health Care Association...
The Biden administration finalized federal staffing requirements for nursing homes on Monday. The rule requires a registered nurse be on site 24 hours a day and enough staff to provide each patient with 3.48 hours of care per day which is higher than was originally proposed.
For facilities with 100 residents, this equates to a minimum...
Lawmakers are now joining the side of nursing homes in calling on the Biden administration to reconsider its proposed mandatory federal staffing minimums for nursing facilities.
Industry stakeholders and other concerned groups have until November 6, 2023 to submit comment letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
It looks like the Biden administration will fall short on its promise to institute federal staffing minimums for nursing homes after a new study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) commissioned to determine the appropriate level of staffing made no recommendations.
Instead, the study said, there were no staffing...
