Even as long-term care providers celebrate a proposed 10-year moratorium on the nursing home staffing mandate[1], they are sounding the alarm over major Medicaid cuts included in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill...more
On April 7, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas struck down the Biden administration’s final rule related to federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long term care...more
When the Biden administration issued its final rule related to federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities (“Final Rule”) on April 22, 2024, it sought to mandate minimum levels of nursing...more
On May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its controversial final rule imposing minimum staffing requirements for long term care facilities (the “Final Rule”). When it takes effect on June...more
On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its controversial final rule related to the first federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long term care facilities (“Final Rule”).[i] ...more
With Nursing Homes Still Struggling to Rebuild After the COVID-19 Pandemic, is This Advisable?
When The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the PPS and Consolidated Billing Updates for Skilled Nursing...more
The scope and State enforcement related to visitation in nursing home and assisted living facilities in South Carolina is controversial and evolving on a regular basis. In recent weeks the South Carolina Department of...more
As of July 12, there have been 142,231 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 38,518 deaths in nursing homes. For this reason, CMS recently called nursing homes “ground zero for COVID-19” and announced enhanced survey activities and...more