The Final Rule is ambitious in mandating staffing quotas in nursing homes in the United States, but there is much more work to be done by CMS for these new requirements to assure sustained quality care for nursing home residents, including increasing reimbursement for...
Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright said the bill was a "lump of coal" to Americans due to the Congress chose to cave to billionaires and special interests. Before the world's richest person, Elon Musk, posted in opposition to the CR due the size of the bill, it seemed the ...
But high levels of COVID-19 activity in nursing homes is not a result of inadequate infection control, AHCA/NCAL maintain. “Location of a nursing home, asymptomatic spread and availability of testing – not quality ratings, infection citations or staffing – were determini...
Republicans also oppose a Biden-era rule mandating minimum staffing requirements at nursing homes, at one point trying to reverse this rule in aspending billdue this week. Democrats say the requirements are necessary to ensure quality of care, while critics and industry interests say the mandate i...
staffing requirements at nursing homes, at one point trying to reverse this rule in aspending billdue this week. Democrats say the requirements are necessary to ensure quality of care, while critics and industry interests say the mandate is unrealistic and will push nursing homes out o...