The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 2 repealed the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid that the agency adopted in 2024.

The repeal of key provisions in the minimum staffing rule marked the expected-but-nonetheless welcome end of a years-long regulatory drama.

CMS scraps 24-hour RN rule for nursing facilities, maintaining current 8-hour daily RN staffing amid workforce and legal challenges.

Medicaid managed care plans and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will be subject to new wait time standards and quality ratings requirements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

CMS has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to address industry-wide workforce shortage concerns as organizations attempt to stop an impending minimum nursing home staffing rule in the courts.

"Safe, high-quality care is essential, but rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates fail patients," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Healthcare workers in nursing homes provide essential care to our most vulnerable community members while building meaningful, sustainable careers. With projections showing a shortage of about 100,000 ...

A federal watchdog said Tuesday it has begun auditing nursing homes’ use of the Patient Driven Payment Model to drive skilled nursing reimbursement, and the first targeted facility is blasting the ...

The agency confirmed that eligible Medicare telehealth reimbursements would be processed retroactively for virtual visits, and cleared up confusion on provider home address reporting requirements.