AHCA/NCAL

n case you missed it, AHCA/NCAL released a new analysis during a press conference yesterday by professional services firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, which analyzed the impact of President Biden’s proposed federal staffing mandate on nursing homes.

AHCA released an analysis today by professional services firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), which analyzed the impact of President Biden’s proposed federal staffing mandate on nursing homes.

Local long term care advocates, as well as Members of Congress, continue to sound the alarm that the one-size-fits-all federal staffing mandate for nursing homes proposed by the Biden Administration will further limit vulnerable seniors’ access to care.

In case you missed it, NPR posed this question in a new story about the impact of President Biden’s federal staffing mandate on rural nursing homes: “Is it better to have a nursing home that struggles to hire workers or no nursing home at all?”

While Senate and House negotiations continue ahead of Saturday’s government funding deadline, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has an existing contingency plan which protects necessary staff and funding for Medicare and Medicaid.

AHCA/NCAL previously reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for 2023-2024.

Since the release of CMS’ proposed minimum staffing rule, AHCA/NCAL has set a goal of submitting more than 10,000 comments to CMS on the proposed rule.