CMS Authorizes New Waivers of Nurse Aide Training Requirements for Nursing Facilities

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is concerned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is undermining one of the key innovations of the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law – the requirement that all nurse aides, who provide most of the direct hands-on care for residents, be trained and competent before they are allowed to provide care....