McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 30, 2025: The agency has increased the project funding cap by 20% and also noted the “resumption” of workforce enhancement and other projects.
Month: September 2025
WHY LOOMING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WORRIES LONG-TERM CARE LEADERS SO MUCH
McKnight’s LTC, Sept. 30: 2025: …many essential support services, survey activities and other important functions will not be spared from the outset and a drawn out shutdown will be hurtful.
“SMALL” FINANCIAL INCENTIVES BLAMED FOR CMS VALUE-BASED PURCHASING’S FAILURE TO REDUCE NURSING HOME REHOSPITALIZATIONS
Skilled Nursing News, Sept. 26, 2025: “This cohort study of the SNF VBP program found that financial incentives were small, with large year-to-year variability for individual SNFs. This may have limited the program’s ability to induce meaningful investments to reduce hospital readmission…”
HHS ENDING APPEALS OF NURSING HOME STAFFING MANDATE CASES
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 24, 2025: The latest legal maneuvers bring the administration’s strategies in line with each other, making the staffing rule’s final defeat all but certain.
NURSING HOMES FAIL TO REPORT 43% OF MAJOR FALLS: BEHIND OIG’S FINDINGS
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 18, 2025: The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General examined a year’s worth of MDS assessments and linked Medicare claims to assess whether falls resulting in major injury and hospitalization were reported in the MDS.
CMS DELAYS NURSING HOME STAFFING INCENTIVES UNTIL MID-2026
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 17. 2025: The program had been set to start with the awarding of grants to five to 10 financial incentive administrators around April 2025…
CMS UPDATES TIMING FOR CARE COMPARE, SCHIZOPHRENIA CHANGES
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 11, 2025: All other information will continue to be frozen, based on data that populated July 30. The next overall update will take place with the late October refresh.
CMS ADMINISTRATOR CONFIRMS LAUNCH OF $75M NURSING HOME TRAINING FUND
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 9, 2025: “Hard-working nurses and nurse aides are critical to ensuring residents get the best care in safe and inviting nursing homes…”
Federal Labor, Health Agencies And Programs Face Cuts, Elimination Under House Budget Proposal
McKnight’s Senior Living, Sept. 4, 2025: The FY26 spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services calls for a 6% cut to 2025 funding levels.
CMS INTENDS TO REPEAL NURSING HOME STAFFING RULE
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 2, 2025: The details are currently underwraps while the repeal is being internally reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget.