Nursing Homes Cheer Proposed 2.8% Pay Bump, But Caution Policymakers Against Medicaid Cuts

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / April 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Nursing homes would see a 2.8% increase in Medicare pay in fiscal 2026 under the proposal CMS released Friday (April 11) -- welcome news to an industry heavily reliant on Medicaid, which is being threatened by the recent budget resolution Congress passed that tasks the committee overseeing Medicaid with making $880 billion in cuts.


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