Sloan: Unthinkable for feds and states to not increase nursing home funding
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As members gathered Monday to prepare for in-person and virtual meetings with lawmakers here this week, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan shared her disappointment that...
CMS: Quality measure threshold changes coming
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 21, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities have an additional tool to measure their own quality improvement efforts under a new change to the quality measures rating domain.
Nursing homes will be ‘very, very happy’ with new legislation, governor says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 16, 2022
Florida’s nearly 700 nursing homes are in line for additional help in the ongoing workforce crisis, thanks to several key actions by lawmakers this legislative session.
Former CMS leader rips Biden’s nursing home reform plans
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 15, 2022
President Joe Biden’s proposals to reform America’s nursing homes are “short-sighted” and may push providers over the edge during the ongoing workforce crisis, the former leader of the Centers...
CMS updates COVID-19 testing guidance for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
Long-term care residents and staff with symptoms or signs of COVID-19 must be tested immediately — regardless of vaccination status — under updated testing requirements for facilities by the Centers...
Kendal Corp’s Sean Kelly: Nursing home reform requires real change
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 14, 2022
The long-term care reform that President Joe Biden is seeking will require a commitment toward real change of the healthcare system and how care is delivered for residents, according to Sean Kelly, president...
CMS: First reforms will address ownership accountability, worst performing facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on a “full court sprint” toward issuing new guidance and regulations to go with President Biden’s plans for nursing home reform, officials said Thursday.
‘Adequate’ funding part of nursing home staffing minimum strategy, CMS chief says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Long-term care providers can expect some funding to help them meet the federal government’s planned minimum staffing requirement, according to the leader of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Spending package promises 5-month extension of telehealth flexibilities
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Medicare telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency, and hailed by providers, would remain in place for five months after the PHE ends if enough lawmakers line up behind a...
‘Sticks need to come with carrots’: Feds’ nursing home push ‘sound’ but needs more resources,...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
President Joe Biden’s thrust to improve quality in nursing homes by addressing poor performing providers is a “sound premise” in the federal government’s justification for the initiatives.