Long-term care worker shortage needs better-focused approach, analysts say
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Danielle Brown
Apr 11, 2022
The pursuit of long-term care workers requires a more targeted strategy, say researchers who completed a study showing how other healthcare sectors have started to recover from staff shortages quicker.
Also in the News for Monday, April 11
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Danielle Brown
Apr 11, 2022
Colorado lawmakers raise minimum wage for nursing home workers … Illinois legislators approve funding increase for nursing homes … Indiana SNF care not linked to avoidable hospitalizations, and satisfied...
Providers warn of access issues as waivers near their end
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Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2022
Phasing out several COVID-related waivers, including one allowing temporary nurse aide training, over the next several weeks will further complicate workforce struggles, skilled nursing providers said...
‘Monumental achievement’: Providers back Medicaid increases tied to staffing
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Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2022
Illinois nursing homes are in line for a $700 million funding increase if a Medicaid funding bill gets a key stamp of approval from lawmakers this week.
Governor signs bill walking back nursing home staffing requirements
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Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2022
Florida nursing homes now have more staffing flexibility after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a measure Wednesday that “modernizes [the state’s] outdated staffing requirements.”
Also in the News for Friday, April 8
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Danielle Brown
Apr 08, 2022
NIC reports increase in senior housing occupancy trends during first quarter despite omicron … Feds allowing providers that failed to report on PRF funds to request additional time … One-fourth of...
BREAKING: CMS ends nurse aide certification waiver, many other COVID-19 allowances
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Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is restoring training requirements for nurse aides who work at skilled nursing facilities after waiving them early during the COVID-19 crisis.
Nursing home workers to CMS leader: Press forward on accountability, wages to transform care
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Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
Nursing home workers pushed for more accountability of owners and better wages to improve the workforce in a meeting Wednesday with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
Call for holistic nursing home reform a ‘wake-up’ for lawmakers, stakeholders
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Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
A landmark report on American nursing homes issued Wednesday should serve as a “piercing wake-up call,” encouraging lawmakers to invest as they attempt to fix what a National Academies committee called...
Providers target ‘bottleneck’ in hiring of foreign RNs, therapists
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Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
Long-term care providers are calling on the Department of Labor to improve the process it uses to determine prevailing wages for foreign physical therapists and registered nurses as a way to ease the ongoing...