A new study shows that the use of managed care organizations to cover long-term care services reduced the use of nursing homes, but patient needs were not the exclusive consideration for choosing support delivered in home- or community-based settings.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, analyzed...
As America's long-term care facilities struggle to provide adequate staffing, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is readying its repeal of the minimum staffing standards for nursing homes adopted in 2024 under the Biden administration. An updated CMS policy isn't relieving the pressure, instead critics contend the policy...
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...
Researchers found the average Medicaid payment covered about 82% of reported costs, meaning nursing homes typically received 82 cents for each dollar spent on Medicaid residents' care.
Using Medicaid payment data from individual states and Medicare cost reports for freestanding nursing homes in 44 states, ASPE researchers...
A coalition of 20 Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration's nursing home minimum staffing mandate, but the rule could end up saving thousands of lives each year once implemented.
The lawsuit was led by the attorneys general of Iowa, South Carolina and Kansas, and filed in the District Court for the...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the first final rule that establishes federal regulations for Adult Protective Services (APS).
Adult Protective Services rules and regulations will now be under the purview of the Administration for Community Living (ACL). According to an HHS press...
A new study shows that nursing homes are hiding the bulk of their profits in order to bolster arguments for increased funding despite being unable to meet proposed quality standards or accept Medicare payment cuts.
The study, Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care, was conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles...Arizona News
Arizona's healthcare regulatory boards are under scrutiny following an ABC15 investigation that led to a bill's amendment.
At a House Health Committee meeting in February, Representative Selena Bliss (R-Prescott) told fellow legislators that she introduced HB 2686 in order to increase transparency from Arizona's health boards and...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that would define private equity and real estate investment trusts as they relate to nursing home ownership, a step forward in the Biden administration's plans to improve quality of care in nursing homes and scrutinize nursing home ownership...
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...
As the nursing home industry pushes back on the Biden administration's proposal for mandatory federal staffing minimums, a new study suggests the U.S. may want to pivot away from recruitment and towards staffing retention in order to stabilize staffing rates.
Last month, Medicare proposed a new rule that would require long-term care...
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed rule for nursing home federal staffing minimums and guidelines. The proposed rule was rebuffed by the nursing home industry and related stakeholders, as the nursing home workforce is already depleted due to the pandemic exacerbating an already...
Although their work typically requires considerable technical and interpersonal skills, they receive wages that are lower than other entry-level jobs such as janitors, retail salespersons, and customer representatives with rarely any benefits.
A new report from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) highlights the...
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...
Earlier this month the Supreme Court ruled nursing home residents and their families can sue publicly-owned nursing homes, siding with the plaintiff in Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, Indiana v. Talevski.
The court upheld a 7th Circuit ruling against Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) regarding a case...National News
Nursing homes are decrying the severity of the nursing workforce shortage as the minimum staffing proposal looms large.
More than 500 nursing home providers joined a protest on Capitol Hill this week to sound the alarm on legislation that could implement a minimum staffing measure for nursing homes. According to Skilled Nursing News,...
Beginning next week, every skilled nursing facility in the country will undergo a five-claim audit as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to get improper payments under control. Meanwhile, nursing homes are expressing concern about the effects that Medicaid redeterminations and subsequent disenrollment's could have...
While America waits for the outcome of debt ceiling negotiations between the U.S. House of Representatives leadership and President Joe Biden, the rest of Congress is underway addressing some of the criticisms of nursing home care and pharmacy benefit managers.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging posted a new report demonstrating...
Today is the last day of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and policies are rapidly shifting to accommodate the post-pandemic healthcare landscape in the U.S.
On Tuesday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that it would continue allowances for telehealth companies to prescribe controlled substances for six...
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed a massive executive order aimed at senior care, long-term care facilities and home caregiving. The order also included provisions for child care and early childhood education.
The long-term care sector has struggled with workforce shortages that predate the COVID-19 pandemic but were exacerbated...
