Nursing Homes Win Fresh Reprieve From Training Requirement

Aug. 30, 2022, 9:35 AM UTC

The Biden administration plans to provide extra breathing room for nursing homes that can’t get their uncertified nursing aides to complete mandatory federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline.

The revised guidance, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday and obtained by Bloomberg Law, could give temporary nursing aides hired during the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of the public health emergency to complete a required 75 hours of training and pass a state certification test.

The agency said it will issue state- and county-wide waivers, as well as those for individual facilities. The ...

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