McKnight's May 3, 2024
As many have noted, the federal government’s first-ever nursing home staffing mandate can be a very dangerous thing. Just maybe not for the reason that many have been portraying.
In one sense, we have a pretty traditional regulator-regulatee relationship.
The White House and its designated agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, have forced the action. To some, it is unconscionable that nursing homes have been overseen with essentially the Cub Scout motto of “Do your best” when it comes to staffing levels.
To those who would operate nursing homes, however, the mandate’s added administrative and hiring burdens are nothing less than an attempt to micromanage providers out of business. And that’s even before addressing where all the...
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