Lawmakers continued to spar over officials’ plans to finalize a first-ever nursing home staffing mandate as hearings poked through every layer of President Biden’s latest budget proposal.
Odds of staffing rule fix grow with new bill
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2024
After weeks of waiting, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) officially introduced a bill aiming to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate.
House bill would block US nursing home rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
A Minnesota Congresswoman has introduced legislation that could stop the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing requirements.
Staffing rule finally hits
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2023
US nursing homes would have three years to provide a minimum of 3.0 hours of nursing care per day, at least 0.55 hours of that by a registered nurse and 2.45 hours by a nurse aide, under a first-ever federal...