Nursing Homes May Use Medicaid Funds to Enhance IP Staffing

8/22/22 — The CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) provided an informational bulletin to notify nursing facilities that Medicaid funds may be used to improve healthcare quality and equity. The bulletin described actions states can implement using existing Medicaid authority to improve care quality, accountability, staffing, safety, and emergency preparedness in nursing care. Among safety issues, the bulletin included strengthening requirements for on-site infection preventionists and integrating pandemic lessons into nursing home requirements. Read the CMCS bulletin.