Iowa judge blocks Biden era nursing home staffing rules - Radio Iowa

Iowa judge blocks Biden nursing home staffing rules

The judge ruled that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its authority by implementing the staffing requirements.

Iowa judge blocks Biden era nursing home staffing rules - Radio Iowa

A federal judge in Iowa has blocked a rule that would have forced nursing homes to have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day. “There just simply are not nearly enough registered nurses in the state of Iowa or across the country to meet that kind of requirement,” said Brent Willett, president & […]

Iowa district court vacates CMS minimum nurse staffing requirements

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa June 18 vacated components of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ minimum nurse staffing rule requiring nursing homes to have a registered nurse onsite 24/7 and prescribing a minimum total nurse staffing hours per resident day. The court kept in place the rule’s enhanced facility assessment and Medicaid reporting requirements.“CMS’s general rulemaking power to promulgate ‘such o…