Bloomberg Law
Aug. 30, 2022, 9:35 AM UTC

Nursing Homes Win Fresh Reprieve From Training Requirement

Tony Pugh
Tony Pugh
Reporter

The Biden administration plans to provide extra breathing room for nursing homes that can’t get their uncertified nursing aides to complete mandatory federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline.

The revised guidance, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday and obtained by Bloomberg Law, could give temporary nursing aides hired during the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of the public health emergency to complete a required 75 hours of training and pass a state certification test.

The agency said it will issue state- and county-wide waivers, as well as those for individual facilities. The ...

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