White House Reviewing Nursing Home Burden Reduction Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposed rule aimed at reducing the administrative burden on long-term care facilities in Medicare and Medicaid. “This proposed rule would reform the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on facilities. This rule would increase the ability of healthcare professionals to devote resources to improving resident care by eliminating or reducing...