Skilled Nursing News, Aug. 24, 2026: The benefit currently pays for 24-hour services in board-and-care homes, memory care facilities and similar residences. It’s part of the state’s Medicaid overhaul designed to cut down on repeat emergency room visits and expensive hospital stays.

Skilled Nursing News, Aug. 24, 2026: Nursing home validation audits so far show MDS coding gaps tied to insufficient or missing documentation, often because of inadequate record-retention practices

McKnight’s LTC News, Aug. 20, 2026: The agency this week published a technical noticehttps://www.mcknights.com/news/cms-nurse-staffing-program-to-focus-efforts-in-rural-areas/ about the system it plans to set up to track award recipients, a sign that the long-awaited program could soon launch.