Reconciliation Bill Includes Funding For SNF Surveys, Staffing Help

Optimism is growing that a long debated domestic policy package — which includes an investment in the skilled nursing sector to improve surveys and ensure staffing ratios are being monitored and adjusted accordingly — could be passed in Congress. The $1.85 trillion bill, highlighted by social social services and climate change programs, has been coupled […]

U.S. Senate Introduces Bill to Enhance Medicaid Funding, Establish Staffing Minimums

Six U.S. senators have introduced the Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021, which would require federal health agencies to closely examine the skilled nursing industry’s staffing requirements, along with bolstered funding to Medicaid. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) […]