On Monday, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the federal rule requiring nursing home staffing minimums was unconstitutional, sending sighs of relief throughout the long-term care sector.
The rule, rolled out by former President Joe Biden's administration last year, would have required nursing homes to maintain a registered nurse on...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its nursing home staffing campaign to support compliance with the nursing home staffing minimum rule. The support includes new websites designed to facilitate recruitment and education for new nurses.
The websites aren't a provision of the staffing mandate but an additional...
The Biden administration's nursing home minimum staffing rule could have a major impact on states' Medicaid programs, adding another layer of complexity to the highly anticipated and very controversial rule.
The nursing home minimum staffing rule is estimated to cost the residential care home industry up to $6.5 billion in additional...