McKnight’s Senior Living, May 5, 2026: The final rule from the Department of Education, issued last week, changes federal student loan limits for graduate and professional degree programs but excludes degrees for nursing and some other programs.
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LOWER SNF NURSE STAFFING LEVELS LINKED TO LONGER HOSPITAL STAYS AMONG DUAL-ELIGIBLES
McKnight’s LTC News: May 1, 2026: Lower rates of nurse staffing in skilled nursing facilities were associated with longer inpatient hospitalizations for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those who were dually eligible for Medicaid.
RURAL NURSING HOME CRISIS DEEPENS AS CLOSURES AND CITATIONS MOUNT
McKnights LTC News, April 29, 2026: Between 2015 and 2025… the number of nursing homes in remote rural areas decreased the fastest, with a 13% decline. Those areas were not adjacent to metropolitan counties.
IMMIGRATION CHANGES HIT NURSING HOMES HARD, UNDERMINING WORKFORCE STABILITY
Skilled Nursing News, April 24, 2026: On a national level, immigrants make up 21% to 25% of the workforce in nursing homes…
FIRST RESIDENT FLU SHOT DATA SHOWS NURSING HOME RESIDENTS LAG BEHIND PEERS IN COMMUNITIES
McKnights LTC News, April 24, 2026: The 2024-25 flu season, which officially ran from Oct. 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, was the first one in which nursing homes were required to report vaccination rates for residents through the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network.
STAFFING WINS AND FUNCTIONAL GAINS: AHCA OFFERS FRESH LOOK AT NURSING HOME QUALITY
McKnights LTC News, April 14, 2026: “The progress we are seeing is indicative of the never-ending commitment of nursing home caregivers to improve the lives of their residents, seek out the latest best practices, and continuously innovate…”
NURSING HOMES BRACE FOR A MILLION-HOUR QUALITY REPORTING DATA SURGE
McKnights LTC News, April 6, 2026: The bulk of that — roughly 964,000 hours each year — would be caused by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services expanding its collection of quality reporting data across all Medicare payer types.
CMS REVISES SURVEY RULES, STRENGTHENS PENALITES AND IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY STANDARDS
Skilled Nursing News, April 3, 2026: With these updates, the federal agency said in a memo that it seeks to make surveys, enforcement, and dispute resolution simpler, clearer and more consistent.
CMS PROPOSES 2.4% MEDICARE INCREASE FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES IN 2027
Skilled Nursing News, April 2, 2026: Associations representing the nursing home sector seem split on whether the rate increase is adequate for the needs of today’s nursing home residents.