Skilled Nursing News September 21, 2021
Alex Zorn

As the Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act makes its way through Congress, two leaders in the long-term care industry this week said enhanced funding to support staffing in nursing homes is sorely needed coming out of the pandemic and that more transparency for where that funding goes would be welcomed.

Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association, and Richard J. Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, were guests Monday on NPR podcast 1A, produced by WAMU in Washington, D.C., where they discussed pushing for nursing home reform during a pandemic.

“I think we’re all on the same page here,” Parkinson said. “We all want much better outcomes and great care in...

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