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Employment Considerations for Long Term Care Facilities under the Biden-Harris Administration

Healthcare Law Insights blog

In direct response to the significant challenges experienced by long term care (LTC) facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its commitment to improving safety and quality of care. The comment period for the Proposed Rule closed on June 10, 2022.

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Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards: A Good Start, But Not Quite There

AJN Off the Charts

Jasmine Travers The pandemic shone a troubling spotlight on the unnecessary suffering resulting from substandard conditions in nursing homes. On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.