The Biden Administration’s nursing home reform plan was unveiled earlier this month, with emphasis on improving quality of care. The plan includes more than 20 initiatives, with minimum staffing requirements a top priority. The plan was met with discontent from industry stakeholders who assert the implication that nursing home quality...
This week Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that would have allowed the board that regulates leadership at long-term care facilities to continue. Ducey wants to transfer those responsibilities to the Arizona Department of Health Services instead.
Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, said,
For...