Providers: Fix would speed immigrant nurse validation by months
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
A long-term care coalition is calling on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to address an ongoing issue at its Texas premium processing unit that’s causing “significant delays” in tapping...
Providers to feds: Ease up on ‘restrictive’ COVID recommendations to ease staffing crunch
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
The nation’s second largest nursing home association has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reevaluate several of its COVID-19 recommendations for nursing homes, saying they restrict...
Nursing home reform won’t thwart Ensign’s steady success: analysis
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Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2022
The Biden administration’s proposed nursing home reform measures shouldn’t be a setback to the Ensign Group’s streak of record quarters, according to a new Seeking Alpha analysis.
‘Groundbreaking’ transgender discrimination case could be a game-changer for nursing homes, expert...
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Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2022
A Maine assisted living facility’s settlement in a transgender discrimination lawsuit could have “groundbreaking” implications for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities and how they serve...
Providers push feds for more support in hiring foreign workers amid workforce crisis
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Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2022
Amid an ongoing push for legislative fixes that could make more immigrants to hire, the nation’s two largest nursing home associations are pursuing a regulatory course too.
Flurry of immigration legislation would reduce hiring barriers
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Danielle Brown
Jun 14, 2022
Immigrants looking to work in the long-term care industry would see some barriers lowered, including costs and licensing requirements, under a trio of recently introduced House bills.
Waiting for federal fix to ‘invest in people’ won’t work, experts warn
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Danielle Brown
Jun 13, 2022
Long-term care providers must “invest in people” working in their facilities before the industry can begin to eliminate its ongoing workforce shortage, a panel of experts said last week.
Nursing homes in disbelief as governor proposes $280 million cut in funding
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Danielle Brown
Jun 08, 2022
California skilled nursing providers are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and his administration to come up with a new funding plan for SNFs after he proposed a $280 million cut in base pay in a push to...
Providers: CMS should first fortify skilled nursing workforce before imposing minimum staffing measures
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Danielle Brown
Jun 07, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must first help the long-term care industry build up its workforce before implementing a national minimum staffing standard for nursing homes, many providers...
Providers demand federal action as temporary nurse aide waiver comes to an end
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Danielle Brown
Jun 06, 2022
The federal government must take permanent action to address the long-term care workforce shortage as providers brace themselves for severe consequences following the end of the temporary nurse aide waiver...