Friday, March 18, 2022
New Nursing Home Regs Coming From Feds Within Year?
During the President's State of the Union Address, one of his initiative's is reforming of SNFs. So a flurry of articles have been published recently. Here are some highlights for you.
Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It (discussing lack of use of interim final rules). The article reports that we should expect CMS to study the issue, especially minimum staffing standards, before acting.
Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers. Regarding proposed regulations, "[t]he centerpiece of the effort is establishing minimum staffing levels for facilities. To date, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires “adequate” staffing but specifically mandates only a skeleton crew of round-the-clock nursing coverage and one registered nurse who works at least eight hours each day."
CMS eyes 'full-court sprint' to nursing home staffing minimums rule (new rules expected within year) (subscription required to read the story).
The reforms just aren't limited to increasing staffing standards. Read the fact sheet from the White House, available here.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/2022/03/new-nursing-home-regs-coming-from-feds-within-year.html