Bipartisan Sens Introduce Bill To Block Nursing Home Staffing Minimum

A bipartisan group of senators is working to block CMS from implementing its controversial proposed staffing minimums for the nursing home sector with a new piece of legislation introduced Tuesday (Dec. 6). The bill, which is backed by the nursing home lobby, indicates lawmakers are increasingly swayed by the sector's concerns with the cost of implementing staffing minimums and the feasibility recruiting enough staff to meet the requirements, which beneficiary advocates have slammed as a red herring. Lawmakers are increasingly...