In response to The Biden Administration's minimum staffing requirement proposal for nursing homes, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) released an updated report from the accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP that estimates as many as 191,000 nurses and nurse’s aides are needed at an annual cost of up to $11.3...
With a new year at hand, many nursing home and long-term care facility administrators and policy makers are now looking to use challenges faced and lessons learned during 2021 to fuel change in 2022. The change of the calendar has not brought an end to the staffing challenges facing such facilities, fueled by the lightning fast spread of...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its guidance for nursing home visitations during the COVID-19 pandemic this week. Although the guidance relaxes previous regulations, the agency notes its concern for the vaccination rates of nursing home employees. Unfortunately, unlike most other areas of the medical...