Feds might dictate minimums nursing homes must spend on direct care workers
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2022
CHICAGO — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering requiring nursing homes to spend a minimum amount of federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars on direct care workers as the agency...
Nursing homes sue over minimum staffing ratios, mandatory spending levels
By
Danielle Brown
May 25, 2022
Nonprofit New York nursing homes are taking action against the state in a push to overturn “illegal and unconstitutional” policies that establish a minimum staffing requirement and spending mandates...
BREAKING: U.S. nursing home system ‘ineffective,’ ‘unsustainable,’ National Academies...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2022
A long-awaited national report has found that the way the United States finances, delivers and regulates nursing home care is ineffective and unstable. Immediate action is needed to bring meaningful changes...