LEGAL DEFENSE REMAINS KEY EVEN IF LEGISLATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS MAKE REPEAL OF THE NURSING HOME STAFFING MANDATE INEVITABLE
Skilled News, Jan. 23, 2025
Nursing home advocates called the HHS reply a procedural move, with nothing in the government’s latest court filing to change the strength of their case against minimum staffing.
SPECULATION, CONCERN CONTINUE AS DETAILS ON FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS PAUSE EMERGE
McKnight's LTC News, Jan. 23, 2025
A Jan. 28-29 meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which weighs issues critical to infection preventionists in skilled nursing and other settings, also was abruptly cancelled. Such cancellations raised further concerns about how the Trump team was approaching key health topics,
"CRIPPLING" EFFECTS POSSIBLE AS CDC, CMS, OTHER HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS PAUSED
McKnight's LTC News, Jan. 22, 2025
"Without this information, we will be reacting to outbreaks rather than being proactive. In addition, without this advisory information, clinicians may not be aware of emerging pathogens that are posing threats and harms to patients."
FEDS REJECT PROVIDERS' CLAIMS OF "IMPOSSIBLE" STANDARDS IN LAST PUSH TO DEFEND NURSING HOME STAFFING MANDATE
McKnight's LTC News, Jan. 21, 2025
The Department of Health and Human Services made its final arguments late Friday in a federal lawsuit challenging its authority to impose a new nursing home staffing mandate.
MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS UPDATED FOR 2025
McKnight's Senior Living, Jan. 17, 2025
The annual updates to the standards, required by law, account for the increase in the Census Bureau’s current official poverty thresholds by the relevant percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
"SITUATION REMAINS DYNAMIC": WILDFIRES BURN DOWN TWO NURSING HOMES AS 35 FACILITIES EVACUATED
Skilled Nursing News, Jan. 14, 2025
“Emergency preparedness is a critical priority..."
NEW NURSING HOME RN INCENTIVE PROGRAM COULD HELP OR HARM SENIOR LIVING
McKnight's Senior Living, Jan. 10, 2025
It’s not necessarily all good news for nursing homes either, according to AHCA, which said it is concerned about some of the “fine print” on the funds, which could take months or years to distribute.
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