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AHA files brief challenging CMS’ minimum staffing rule for nursing homes

The AHA Oct. 24 filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in a case challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes.
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Ensuring LTCHs Can Care for the Nation’s Sickest Patients and Serve Their Communities

The federal agency that oversees the Medicare program (CMS) recently announced a change in the long-term care hospital (LTCH) high-cost outlier payment policy. As a result, LTCHs are being asked to incur greater and greater losses as they care for severely ill patients.