McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 9, 2025: “Hard-working nurses and nurse aides are critical to ensuring residents get the best care in safe and inviting nursing homes…”
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Federal Labor, Health Agencies And Programs Face Cuts, Elimination Under House Budget Proposal
McKnight’s Senior Living, Sept. 4, 2025: The FY26 spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services calls for a 6% cut to 2025 funding levels.
CMS INTENDS TO REPEAL NURSING HOME STAFFING RULE
McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 2, 2025: The details are currently underwraps while the repeal is being internally reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget.
COVID VACCINATION UNCERTAINTY CRAMPING EFFORTS TO PROTECT LTC STAFF
McKnight’s LTC News, Aug. 31, 2025: New limits on COVID vaccinations threaten nursing homes’ ability to get shots to frontline staff ahead of the coming respiratory virus season…
NEW GUIDANCE STRIPS NURSING HOMES OF ABILITY TO SEEK VOLUNTARY PAYMENT FROM RESIDENT REPS, FAMILIES
McKnight’s LTC News, Aug. 28, 2025:
Federal regulators have taken a “big jump” in their latest interpretation of third-party financial guarantees, putting limits on contractual language used by nursing homes for decades…
FEDERAL NURSING HOME STAFFING RULE LIVES ON AS HHS PURSUES NEW APPEAL
McKnight’s LTC News, Aug. 28, 2025
Justice Department attorneys working on behalf of HHS have advanced an existing appeal and filed another since the bill’s July 4 signing, keeping their legal fight for the 2024 staffing rule very much alive.
NO FORCED ARBITRATION IN NURSING HOME CASE BLURRING MALPRACTICE, CUSTODIAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
McKnight’s LTC, Aug. 23, 2025
The court decided instead that a 2010 precedent does not apply to every type of wrongful death claim against a healthcare provider…
Trump rescinds Biden executive order on healthcare competition
Healthcare Finance, Aug. 18, 2025
Biden’s original executive order singled out insurance industry monopolistic practices, rural hospital consolidation and thorny prescription drug market patent laws.
CMS PAUSES NURSING HOME CARE COMPARE UPDATES, LEAVING 5-STAR RATINGS STATIC
Skilled Nursing News, Aug. 15, 2025
Through Sept., CMS will not be updating the Nursing Home Care Compare Five Star Rating System; data refreshes are expected in Oct.
CMS KICKING SURVEY ENFORCEMENT INTO HIGHER GEAR, EXPERTS CAUTION
McKnight’s LTC News, August 13, 2025
Many of the most-watched moves by CMS stem from the April activation of 900 pages of new surveyor guidance.
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