CMS Administrator Seema Verma at a July press conference. An infection control training program aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes is now available for frontline facility ...

Last April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new final rule requiring nursing homes that receive federal payments to meet certain minimum staffing requirements. While the CMS ...

Under a bill advancing in the House, Iowa's nursing home staff would undergo new training. House Study Bill 691 would require the Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing to conduct training ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Wednesday a number of new initiatives to aid nursing homes during the pandemic including additional funding, testing, training and data. A fresh ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Loretto is doubling the size of its paid training program for entry-level nursing home workers and significantly boosting pay for those who successfully become certified nursing aides ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — There is a bill on the table in Albany designed to ease the nursing shortage here at home. Local lawmakers want to partner with Western New York hospitals, universities and ...

TULSA, Okla. — With a rise in COVID-19 infections comes more concern for the elderly, who are in the higher risk category. To manage that risk, Oklahoma’s nursing homes go through a 16-week bootcamp ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indiana National Guard will begin training members to help in long-term care facilities Friday morning. About 400 guardsmen and women will train at Camp Atterbury in ...