While some aging services providers last week warned that more scrutiny of healthcare consolidation and rules that seek to limit it further could create “unintended consequences,” others encouraged...
Prisons saw fewer staffing problems than nursing homes did during pandemic: report
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 25, 2023
Fewer facilities run by the US Bureau of Prisons experienced staffing shortages during the pandemic than nursing homes, according to a new federal report.
Healthcare worker safety gets new emphasis from federal agencies
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Two federal agencies re-emphasized their commitment to nursing home and other healthcare worker safety with actions in the past week, one of which included a request for permanent COVID standards.
Opponents of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers are pursuing two fresh pathways to defeat it. Both challenges cite the pandemic’s current, less critical stage...
States push CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2022
A coalition of 22 states is taking a new angle in its attempts to overturn a national mandate requiring that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19: They’re simply asking federal regulators...
A possible escape from the nursing home staffing mandate?
By
James M. Berklan
May 14, 2023
There may be a silver lining to the excruciating wait providers are enduring for the White House’s nursing home staffing mandate.
HHS puts its ageism on display
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2023
Hey HHS, your ageism is showing. Sort of ironic, given that your department (especially your main nursing home regulatory agency) has been on a health equity tear of late.
Extend PHE while updating COVID protocols, nursing home advocate urges feds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2022
Safety and quality of life in LTC settings are not mutually exclusive, Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL told federal health officials Tuesday.
Top US health official takes more heat over nursing home staffing standards
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2024
For the second time in a week, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra faced a grilling on Capitol Hill over federal regulators’ plans to impose a nurse staffing minimum on all US nursing...
Are nursing homes headed for an 80% direct-spend rule?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A national union on Friday skewed comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to imply federal regulators had proposed an 80% direct care spending requirement for the nursing home...