New federal rule on minimum staffing for nursing homes takes effect
by @Marketplace
@Marketplace— Until now, the only staffing rule for nursing homes has been that they have “sufficient” staff, without specifying what that means.
KTVZ—Wyden applauds new Biden administration rules to improve nursing home and home-based staffing, care. WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement this week after the Biden administration finalized several rules aimed at improving health care for Americans in nursing homes, those receiving home and community-based services through Medicaid, as well as updates to Medicaid-managed care to strengthen health services covered by these plans:
Washington Examiner—Nursing home operators push back against Biden’s new staffing mandates. Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday that the Biden administration has finalized the first-ever minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The move comes after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw advocates for the elderly reporting poor living conditions for residents in which they’d go hours without meals and water and were not kept properly clean. […]
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—New federal rule would bar ‘noncompete’ rules for most employees. WASHINGTON >> U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.