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The largest US nursing home association sent another letter to the White House Monday, arguing against a planned staffing mandate.The nation’s largest nursing home association stung the administration with its own words Monday when it sent the White House another letter arguing against a planned federal nursing home staffing mandate.

A federal watchdog will conduct an assessment of how regulators are pressuring poorly performing nursing homes to clean up their acts. 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS announced changes to Special Focus Facility program with new steps to address nursing home facilities that fail to graduate from SFF program in a timely manner, or yo-yo back into non-compliance after graduating from the program

President Joe Bidens administration recently announced increased work on the Special Focus Facility Program for the worst performing nursing homes.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country's poorest-performing nursing facilities. CMS is toughening requirements for completion to the Special Focus Facility Program and increasing enforcement actions for facilities that fail to demonstrate improvement. However, currently only 0.5%, or 88 nursing homes, nationwide

President Joe Biden outlined a broad set of policies aimed at improving nursing home care during his State of the Union address in March.

The I-Team exposes a little-known federal program that lists the most problematic, poor-performing nursing homes in the metro and nationwide, and who's responsible for holding them accountable.

CMS is on a “full court sprint” toward issuing new guidance and regulations to go with President Biden’s plans for nursing home reform. 

The proposed budget has a repeal of the state's Special Focus Facility program.