Nursing home trade associations have filed a lawsuit aiming to block the federal government's new minimum staffing requirements, calling the new rules "impossible-to-meet standards that will harm thousands of nursing homes."
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medical Services (CMS) finalized the new rules, which go into effect in August and require long-term care facilities to provide 3.48 hours of care per resident per day and to have a registered nurse on duty at all times.
CMS has predicted that 79% of long-term care facilities nationwide will need to increase hiring to meet the requirements in the midst of a shortage of nurses, Healthcare Dive reported.
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