The Biden administration plan to phase in proposed nursing home staffing requirements over five years is rubbing industry officials, state regulators, and patient advocates the wrong way—albeit for different reasons.
Urban nursing homes would have three years to beef up staffing for registered nurses and nursing aides under the proposed rule (RIN 0938-AV25) from the Department of Health and Human Services. Rural nursing homes would have five years. Round-the-clock registered nurses would be required in urban facilities two years after the rule is finalized. Rural facilities would have three years to comply.
Because of longstanding labor shortages, industry trade groups ...
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