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CMS Views Hardship Exemptions, Staggered Timeline as Easing Growing Pains From the Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided more details Wednesday on the implementation of facility assessments and exemptions extended to nursing homes over the final staffing rule. In a national stakeholder call, CMS officials addressed these issues as well as the possibility of modifying the minimum staffing thresholds in the future along with […]
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Nursing Homes Could Challenge Staffing Mandate Via Legal, Congressional, and Funding Routes
Nursing home operators are exploring various avenues to challenge or block the mandate, including legal action, congressional review, and leveraging the appropriations process. “We will vigorously defend our nursing home members by any means necessary,” Rachel Reeves, spokesperson for the American Health Care Association (AHCA) said in a statement to Bloomberg Law. “We are exploring […]
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Improving End-of-Life Care with In-Depth Advanced Care Planning
For most nursing home residents, the time they spend in the skilled nursing facility falls at the end of their lives. This time is usually filled with stress, uncertainty and frustration. Skilled nursing providers have the job of giving patients the care they need along with the even greater role and responsibility to prioritize patients’ […]
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Antihypertensive Medication Use Linked to Increased Fracture Risk in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
In a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that the risk of fractures was numerically higher among subgroups of residents with dementia, higher baseline blood pressure values, and recent antihypertensive medication use. The retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 29,648 long-term care nursing home residents within the Veterans Health Administration (VA) from […]
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CMS: Burdens, Closures Likely in Wake of Nursing Home Staffing Mandate But ‘Status Quo’ Is Not Acceptable
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) officials said Tuesday that they are confident that facilities will be able to meet the newly finalized staffing mandate’s requirements given the plan to implement it in three phases. “As the rule’s provisions are carefully calibrated and carefully phased in, we believe that with time, with the […]
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