Axios - The effort to set first-ever federal minimum staffing standards for nursing homes is officially dead after the Trump administration yesterday put out a notice formally repealing the Biden-era regulations.
The standards were billed as necessary to improve safety and quality of care in institutional settings.
- But nursing home operators argued the requirements were unworkable, and that CMS lacked that authority to create the policy. A federal judge in Texas agreed and vacated the rule in April.
- Congress subsequently used the GOP tax-and-spending bill to delay any new standards until 2034...
The policy would have required most nursing homes starting next year to have a registered nurse on-site at all times, and provide at least 33 minutes of care from an RN per patient per day.
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