Skilled Nursing News November 7, 2024
Finance and operator voices alike are cautiously optimistic about prospects for the nursing home sector as the Trump administration prepares to enter the White House in January, alongside a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate that has historically been sympathetic to nursing home issues.
When it comes to the federal minimum staffing mandate, Cascadia Healthcare’s Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs Steve LaForte sees the new administration doling out more favorable treatment – whether by supporting a complete reversal of the mandate or shifting toward more workforce development, rather than imposing a punitive, unfunded mandate.
“I think the lawsuit could result in a black and white treatment,” LaForte said of the mandate in an interview with...