PRESS RELEASE | June 03, 2025
LeadingAge Reax: Department of Health and Human Services’ Decision to Appeal of U.S. District Court’s April 7 2025 Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Ruling
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Contact: Colleen Knudsen
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"It’s high time to end the rule and to give nursing homes and other aging services providers the resources necessary to meet the needs of the nation’s older adults.”
June 3, 2025 Washington, DC — Statement from Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, including nursing homes, regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ June 2, 2025 decision to appeal the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas April 7 ruling:
“It is unfortunate that more time and taxpayer dollars must be wasted debating this unrealistic regulation when ultimately, our legal arguments will prevail. From the start, the rule has been an unnecessary distraction from the real task at hand: strengthening the long-term care workforce. We appreciate that Congress is counting on using savings from a 9-year moratorium of the rule to offset some of the costs of its damaging reconciliation bill. Nursing homes and other aging services providers need adequate Medicaid reimbursement to invest in workforce recruitment and retention strategies. It’s high time to end the rule and to give nursing homes and other aging services providers the resources necessary to meet the needs of the nation’s older adults.”
About LeadingAge:
We represent more than 5,400 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving older adults that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 36 partners in 41 states, we use advocacy, education, applied research, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership encompasses the entire continuum of aging services, including skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, affordable housing, retirement communities, adult day programs, community-based services, hospice, and home-based care. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org
