The “Nursing Act” has passed the National Assembly plenary session with near-unanimous consensus, but backlash remains. Following a petition calling for its abolition, nursing assistants are also reacting against its “rushed passage.” · Notably, nursing assistants argue that the nursing law should be amended to include a provision to abolish the educational qualification standard for taking the nursing assistant exam, which is excluded from the law. “The National Assembly has turned ...
These reforms were integrated into the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and passed as part of that law. The Nursing Home Reform Act provides guidelines and minimal standards which...
the nursing home industry and opposition from bipartisan lawmakers, who argue a federal... Current law only requires that nursing homes have “sufficient” staffing to meet the nursing...
Promises to upgrade nursing home care made a cameo appearance in President Joe Biden’s... When more than 200 nursing homes sued the state to block the new law, they revealed budget...
Although the Fact Sheet’s initiatives have not yet been implemented, President Biden reiterated his administration’s focus on nursing home reform during his March 1, 2022, State of the...
With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to instit...
A skilled nursing facility must care for its residents in such... skilled nursing facility must maintain a quality assessment and assurance committee, consisting of the director of nursing...
After a deadly year in New York's nursing homes, state lawmakers have passed legislation intended to hold facility operators more accountable for neglect and potentially force them to spend more on...
Judge Gilpatric rejected legal arguments raised by nursing homes in opposition to the staffing law, which allows for fines of up to $2,000 per day.
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