Waiver

A bill that would allow non-certified nurse aides to work in nursing homes longer than four months has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives.

States get needed nurse aide waiver relief, but workers’ fate uncertain … Long-term care may be included in CMS’s proposed healthcare provider directory … Moderna’s bivalent COVID booster superior...

Nursing homes will be required to have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waivers to perform COVID-19 point-of-care tests. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working...

Agency offers blanket waiver in Southern California

A leading long-term care provider organization said it would not seek a waiver for its members on mandated employee health insurance under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently agreed to review a research and demonstration waiver for a controversial Medicaid privatization scheme in five Florida counties, but it has not granted...