Lawmaker asks state to reconsider 2-bed per room rule to avert nursing home closures
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 16, 2023
A Massachusetts state representative wants to pause a pandemic-inspired rule limiting nursing homes to two beds per room for a year in the wake of four nursing homes on the western side of the state shuttering.
CMS: Official 2022 closures fell far below industry projection
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 02, 2023
New federal numbers show that 135 nursing homes closed in 2022, significantly fewer than what was projected by the sector’s largest advocacy group.