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The sadistic trump *administration has removed minimum staffing regs for nursing homes.
Nursing home organizations of course applauded the move as it will enhance their profitability.
Patient groups, on the other hand are a bit less pleased:
"We were very disappointed by CMS's announcement today," Sam Brooks, director of public policy for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, a patient advocacy group, wrote in an email to MedPage Today. "Even though it claimed the rescission was in part due to congressional and judicial developments, it repeated the often-debunked lines from the nursing home industry that there are not enough staff and that rural facilities will be harmed. Both of these claims are not true."
"Most disheartening was that CMS offered no plan to address the staffing crisis in nursing homes," Brooks added. "Instead, it is returning to the status quo, which results ... in residents suffering and dying because nursing homes are not staffed adequately."
It's almost like they want the old folks to just go away.
www.medpagetoday.com
Nursing home organizations of course applauded the move as it will enhance their profitability.
Patient groups, on the other hand are a bit less pleased:
"We were very disappointed by CMS's announcement today," Sam Brooks, director of public policy for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, a patient advocacy group, wrote in an email to MedPage Today. "Even though it claimed the rescission was in part due to congressional and judicial developments, it repeated the often-debunked lines from the nursing home industry that there are not enough staff and that rural facilities will be harmed. Both of these claims are not true."
"Most disheartening was that CMS offered no plan to address the staffing crisis in nursing homes," Brooks added. "Instead, it is returning to the status quo, which results ... in residents suffering and dying because nursing homes are not staffed adequately."
It's almost like they want the old folks to just go away.
HHS Officially Rescinds Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule
Nursing home providers praised the move, while one patient group called it 'very disappointing'
www.medpagetoday.com
