Leaders ponder: Will 1-year delay save the day on staffing mandate?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
It almost certainly will take federal regulators more than a year just to review tens of thousands of comments they have received on a proposed nursing home staffing rule, inevitably delaying any form...
Comments offer nuances that might salvage CMS staffing rule in operators’ eyes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2023
With just four days left to submit comments on a proposed first-ever federal nursing home staffing rule, providers who haven’t already offered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services their concerns...
The introduction of a Senate bill intended to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate was met roundly with applause from providers...
Democrats push new LTC workforce bill as offset to nursing home mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2024
Key Democratic leaders Tuesday positioned new long-term care workforce legislation as a way to support nursing homes when a first-ever staffing mandate is finalized.
Providers find few silver linings, stew over minimum staffing demands
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2023
The initial jolt of the newly proposed nursing home staffing mandate has softened little over the long holiday weekend and now those tasked with making it work — providers — are coming to grips with...
CMS vows to move forward with staffing proposal ‘soon’ despite ‘inconclusive’ research
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 30, 2023
Federal officials vowed Tuesday night to issue a nursing home staffing requirement “soon,” despite the premature publication of a federal study that appears to support skilled providers’ objections...
More than 100 House members call for increase to 4.2 daily nursing hours in staffing proposal
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 10, 2023
A group of 103 House members have not only added voices of support to the proposed nursing home staffing rule, they also want the mandated number of nurse hours per patient day inflated to 4.2 — a 40%...
Groups of US senators and attorneys general defend proposed staffing rule
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 09, 2023
Fifteen state attorneys general and 12 US senators have submitted separate group letters strongly supporting the proposed nursing home staffing mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Advocates work behind scenes to stop, reshape staffing rule as finalization nears
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
Several nursing home advocacy organizations have met with the White House Office of Management and Budget in recent days, angling to change the proposed minimum staffing rule that could be issued in final...
Two preeminent skilled nursing researchers are calling for significant changes to a proposed federal staffing mandate that would build on “the rule’s strengths while addressing shortcomings and minimizing...