The Trump administration on Tuesday issued an interim final rule withdrawing Biden-era staffing standards for nursing homes under Medicare and Medicaid.
The withdrawal is the final step in the slow death of a rule meant to improve care in nursing homes, where limited staffing and the role of private equity has come under the microscope following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The withdrawn Biden administration rule established minimum staffing thresholds for long-term care facilities, prompting Republican states and industry groups like LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association to sue over what they called an existential threat to nursing homes nationwide.
The ...