In The News
July 2022
July 13, 2022: NBC 10 I-Team: Rhode Island nursing homes to face financial penalties for staffing mandate
June 2022
June 24, 2022: The General Assembly Session Is Over: What Passed and What Didn't
June 23, 2022: Bandy named interim chief of R.I. Department of Health
June 17, 2022: CMS no longer requiring surveyors to be fully vaccinated in order to inspect facilities
June 10, 2022: CODE RED: Amid closures, nursing homes fight for survival
May 2022
May 26, 2022: NBC 10 I-Team: Dozens of Rhode Island nursing homes at risk of closing
May 24, 2022:Nursing Home Advocacy Group Pushes Back on ‘Unattainable’ Staffing and Spending Law
May 22, 2022: RIHCA urges suspension of nursing home minimum staffing law
May 18, 2022: 87% of RI Nursing Homes at Financial Risk of Closure, According to National Report
May 13, 2022: Nursing shortage reaches crisis level as staff exit the profession, survey says
April 2022
April 18, 2022: New efforts on Smith Hill to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates
April 4, 2022: A conversation: How to improve care at nursing homes in RI
March 2022
March 31, 2022:Parkinson warns of new ‘enormous’ business problem for nursing homes; highlights staffing-minimum alternative
March 24, 2022: Long Wait Times for Licenses Complicate Nurse Hiring
March 15, 2022: A Conundrum
March 3, 2022: Minimum staffing plan ‘unrealistic and impossible,’ nursing home chief says
February 2022
February 21, 2022: RI State Budget Must Address Long Term Care Staffing Crisis
January 2022
January 25, 2022: Another State Agrees To Short Term Regulatory Relief
January 21, 2022: McKee Issues 1-Month Moratorium on Nursing Home Staffing Mandate
January 5, 2022: Nursing Home Crisis Trickles Down to Hospitals
January 3, 2022: COVID-Positive Employees Can Work After Eleanor Slate Hospital Declares Staffing Crisis December 2021 December 22, 2021: Rhode Island Nursing Home Industry Calls for Delay In "Safe Staffing" Law December 20, 2021: Rhode Island Nursing Homes Seek One Year Moratorium From New Minimum Staffing Requirements
November 2021 November 18, 2021: Rhode Island Nursing Home's In Crisis, over 1,900 Openings November 17, 2021: RI Health Care Leaders Warn of Crisis Levels November 16, 2021: RIHAC President John Gage -Staffing Shortages in Nursing Homes
October 2021
October 27, 2021: Staffing Crisis Spurs Admission Denials at Rhode Island Nursing Homes
October 21, 2021: AHCA,NCAL Send Letter to Federal Trade Commission on Staff Agency Price Gouging
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