As part of his undeclared candidacy to be California’s next governor, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra paid a pandering visit in April to the Los Angeles headquarters of an SEIU...
For nursing homes, a dangerous game of chicken
By
James M. Berklan
May 03, 2024
As many have noted, the federal government’s first-ever nursing home staffing mandate can be a very dangerous thing. Just maybe not for the reason that many have been portraying.
Meet the providers who already would satisfy the nursing home staffing mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2023
There were few silver linings to be found In the nursing home staffing proposal earlier this year. But a detailed examination of the rule and continued review of federal data show there is reason to hope...
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...
No wonder he left Congress
By
John O'Connor
Dec 05, 2023
If it seems like it’s silly season again in Washington, maybe that’s because it is. Congress can take a bow.
No wonder he left Congress
By
John O'Connor
Oct 30, 2023
If it seems like it’s the silly season again in Washington, maybe that’s because it is.
Disrupting an ‘ecosystem that works’: Providers rip staffing mandate’s LPN omission
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 26, 2023
As operators continue to parse a proposed federal staffing mandate, one of the biggest concerns is for workers who get little attention in the proposed regulations: the licensed practical nurses whom many...
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...
A blow to CMS’s credibility … thank goodness
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 21, 2023
Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has blown a hole in its credibility balloon, speculation about a federal staffing mandate can run rampant.
Providers have every right to dread what’s coming
By
John O'Connor
Apr 08, 2023
It’s probably safe to say very few long-term care operators want to see staffing mandates.But the time has come to face an unpleasant truth: They are coming.