SNF Workforce Staffing Rule Clears OMB As Lawmakers Push To Block It

A hotly-anticipated rule that would impose minimum staffing standards for skilled nursing facilities and hike oversight of worker pay, patient prescribing and SNF organizational structure has cleared the White House Office of Management and Budget. CMS’ nursing home staffing rule was featured as a key component of President Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union health platform and has come under significant fire since then. Both beneficiary advocates and nursing homes, along with a bipartisan faction of lawmakers, have raised...