Texas AG’s, Nursing Lobby’s Staffing Suits Consolidated

A Texas district court recently combined two lawsuits against HHS’ nursing home staff mandate rule, bringing a suit filed in May by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and other lobby organizations together with one filed in August by the Texas attorney general. The move by the Texas Northern District Court could boost the nursing homes’ chances of getting the rule axed given the AG’s suit was filed after the Supreme Court shot down courts’ Chevron doctrine of deferring...