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Several of the nation’s largest aging services and nursing organizations have united to defend Licensed Practical Nurses and criticize a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home...

House Republican leaders Wednesday took aim at the Biden administration’s proposed federal staffing rule, saying it would threaten access to and disrupt care in nursing homes.

The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors that are uniting to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.

A federal staffing mandate would likely leave states struggling with how to afford increased costs among their operators, a threat that could force wide scale changes in how state Medicaid systems pay...

Don’t be fooled by the public civility. The relationship between long-term care providers and regulators is, by nature, one of shared mistrust.

Sadly, I didn’t get to the American Health Care Association convention this year. Actually, it’s been a full decade since I last personally attended one of these auspicious gatherings,  Now, lest...

Even as Institutional Special Needs Plans gain in popularity among long-term care providers, owners and operators must proceed with caution to determine how they best fit into the risk-sharing environment.

Nursing homes’ leading lobbying organization unloaded a full, research-backed attack on the viability of the White House’s proposed staffing mandate Tuesday. But the administration was unmoved, and...

While many long-term care facilities are closing skilled nursing wings or decertifying beds, one healthcare company in northeastern Pennsylvania is bucking that trend and adding to its skilled nursing...

With updated COVID vaccines expected to be widely available by week’s end, providers are ramping up efforts to get shots into arms as nursing home cases remain elevated compared to the last six months.