The Biden administration's decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.
In response to the pandemic, the federal government in 2020 suspended many of its rules on how care is delivered. That transformed essentially every corner of American health care — from hospitals and nursing homes to public health and treatment for people recovering from addiction.
Advocates for nursing home residents are eager to see the old, tougher training requirements reinstated, but the industry says that move could worsen staffing shortages plaguing facilities nationwide. Last year, CMS decided the relaxed training rules would no longer apply nationwide, but states and facilities could ask for permission to be held to the lower standards.
Adequate training of aides is crucial so"they know what they're doing before they provide care, for their own good as well as for the residents," said Toby Edelman, a senior policy attorney for the Center for Medicare Advocacy.finding that roughly 4 in 5 facilities were dealing with moderate to high levels of staff shortages.buprenorphine
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