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...
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...CMS Rules
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...National News
While the benefits of generative AI seem obvious for the medical field, regulators and stakeholders are demanding intervention as the new technology sweeps across the industry.
Healthcare is unique as a data-driven industry with many potential applications for instant analysis. But as CNBC noted last month, it's also massively...
Assisted living providers received a major regulatory blow from the Arizona Legislature this week after it passed an overhaul on best practices, training requirements and penalties for delinquent facilities. And hospitals net a win as a bill championed by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) moves out of the Senate...
Arizona is projected to struggle with the ongoing national nursing workforce shortage into 2025 and beyond.
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis has predicted that Arizona will experience a shortage of 28,100 fewer registered nurses than needed by 2025, which will be the largest disparity in the country. According to...
Finally some good news for the healthcare sector's workforce, hospital employment numbers have increased, job openings are on the decline and employees are sticking around for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the industry.
Nonprofit hospitals saw substantial relief as labor volatility subsided, and payrolls are...
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,...
The nursing shortage is on track to get worse, and Arizona appears to be ground zero for the crisis. Meanwhile, lawmakers and healthcare employers scramble to find solutions to the shortage.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers published the results of a...
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...Arizona News
Last Thursday, National Nurses United (NNU) held a national demonstration against improper working conditions for nurses, including a protest at a hospital in Tucson. As nurses call for improved working conditions, Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) announced a grant aimed at recruiting and accelerating certification in an...
Nursing homes continue to experience the worst job loss of any other healthcare sector according to new analysis from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), but Congress is cautioning against the use of skilled nursing facility (SNF) staffing minimums planned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Also, CMS is working to...
Hospitals are losing big on workforce turnover according to a new report from NSI Nursing Solutions.
In what's being called "the Great Resignation," hospital turnover increased by 6.4% over the past year, and hospitals failed to meet their staffing goals. Nurses led the industry in resignations with 2.74% of the nursing workforce...
The staffing shortage in nursing homes predated the COVID-19 health emergency, but has been exacerbated by the pandemic to an alarming degree. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has said that the vast majority of nursing homes do not meet existing federal staffing minimums and these levels are having dangerous outcomes for...
Last Friday, the Biden administration announced it will immediately increase enforcement for nursing home requirements and tighten quality requirements for poor-performing facilities.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that it would provide resources for poorly-performing nursing homes but maintains the threat...
Last Thursday, the Arizona State Legislature passed a fiscal year 2023 budget with bipartisan support. The budget consolidated 17 bills having to do with public works, border security, education, natural resources and the healthcare industry.
For the healthcare sector, one major provision will extend coverage for new mothers through...
