LeadingAge Reax: Congressional Review Act to Overturn the Nursing Home Staffing Rule

PRESS RELEASE | May 15, 2024

LeadingAge Reax: Congressional Review Act to Overturn the Nursing Home Staffing Rule

Home » LeadingAge Reax: Congressional Review Act to Overturn the Nursing Home Staffing Rule

Contact: Lisa Sanders

lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407

May 15, 2024 Washington, DC – A statement from Katie Smith Sloan, president, and CEO, LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit, mission-driven providers of aging services, including nursing homes, on the introduction of the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final nursing home staffing rule by Representatives Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) and Greg Pence (R-IN):

“The final rule, while well-intentioned, will not achieve the sought-after goal of ensuring older adults’ and families’ ability to access quality nursing home care. Two major issues – the ongoing workforce shortage and cost of recruiting, training and retaining staff – mean that implementation could very well have unintended consequences of further exacerbating existing challenges including limited admissions, fewer available beds and worse yet, nursing home closures, that are limiting care access. Mandates are the wrong approach. We thank Representative Fischbach for her leadership on this resolution.”

About LeadingAge:

We represent more than 5,400 nonprofit and mission-driven aging services providers and other organizations 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.