Nursing homes and beneficiary advocates are concerned that the conclusion of the COVID-19 public health emergency could restore a handful of controversial policies waived at the beginning of the PHE, including the three-day hospital stay and nursing aide staff training requirements, with the consequences falling largely on vulnerable beneficiaries and the ailing nursing home workforce . Ruth Katz, LeadingAge’s senior vice president for public policy and advocacy, said six overarching nursing home waivers will end at the conclusion of the...