WASHINGTON, DC — After two years in which nursing homes have been pilloried in the media and come under increased regulatory scrutiny, the nation’s top provider organization hopes two days of in-person meetings with federal lawmakers will usher in a course correction.
More than 500 operators and industry leaders plan to visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week, seeking their help with funding in the face of a threatened mammoth Medicare cut. Ongoing labor and occupancy challenges, the looming expiration of a training waiver for temporary nurse aides, and other regulatory challenges also will be addressed.
The event is the first in-person fly-in for members of the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living since before the pandemic. And it might be its most important ever, leaders have said.
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