CMS on Thursday (March 28) proposed a 4.1% increase to nursing homes’ Medicare pay rates for fiscal 2025, along with a set of nursing facility health and safety enforcement proposals that stem from President Joe Biden’s 2022 nursing home reform agenda. Still left up in the air is an embattled final nursing facility staffing rule that’s come under fire from House Republicans in recent weeks. CMS’ proposed 3.0 hours per resident day (HPRD) requirement includes a 0.55 HPRD requirement for...