Policy

Massachusetts will not be allowed to implement a regulation that requires long-term care facilities to discharge current residents in rooms with three or four beds, a Superior Court judge ruled. 

A group of 15 healthcare organizations on Tuesday warned a top health official that providers and patients could lose “vital” flexibilities if the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) isn’t extended...

Lawmakers must first tackle “relatively low” Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes if they want to prod providers into hiring more staff, adopting more home-like models of care and improving...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is warning providers to begin retiring unnecessary COVID emergency waivers as the potential end of the public health emergency declaration approaches.

The White House and federal regulators have thrust nursing homes into what could be a two-generation crisis mode, and providers must act quickly to soften the blow, a leading industry expert says.

CHICAGO — More transparency and accountability of nursing homes owners will remain a top focus for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as it implements reforms in the coming year, according...

An effort to improve transparency into nursing home ownership took a major leap forward when federal officials posted previously non-public data Wednesday. But providers and legal experts cautioned that...

How state lawmakers in Washington handle the fate of their first-of-a-kind, public long-term care insurance program is being closely watched by leaders in other states. 

The federal government’s focus on private equity ownership in nursing homes is just a “red herring” for lawmakers, one leader said after the launch of a new probe into the matter. 

A landmark report on American nursing homes issued Wednesday should serve as a “piercing wake-up call,” encouraging lawmakers to invest as they attempt to fix what a National Academies committee called...