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CMS Rescinds Vaccination Requirements for Nursing Home Surveyors

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded guidance that state inspectors…

Members of CongressExpress Concerns Over Proposed Nursing Home Cuts

Bipartisan groups of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sent letters to Centers for…

HHS Extends COVID Public Health Emergency

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra renewed the public health emergency…

Federal Staffing Minimums For Nursing Homes Require $10B Annually

With the Biden Administration proposing a minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes…

CMS Updates Medicare Rates For Nursing Homes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an overall 2.7% increase in…

AHCA/NCAL Sends Letter to CMS Requesting Extension Of Public Health Emergency

AHCA/NCAL sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting the extension of the Public…

Nursing Home Workforce Recovery At Least Four Years Away

A new AHCA/NCAL report projects that without government assistance, the nursing home workforce…

Members of Congress Urge CMS to Support Long Term Care Workforce Legislation

A bipartisan group of 14 lawmakers sent a letter to CMS requesting the agency’s support of H.R.

House Holds Hearing on Long Term Care

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing on the impact of COVID-19…

CDC Revises COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Settings

Noting the progress made in being able to fight COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and…

AHCA/NCAL Urges CMS to Reissue a Blanket Waiver Allowing Nursing Homes to Employ Temporary Nurse Aides

AHCA/NCAL released a statement urging CMS to reissue a blanket waiver that allowed nursing homes…

CMS Fails to Renew Nationwide Waiver For Temporary Nurse Aids

AHCA/NCAL expressed disappointment after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…