On September 11th, CMS announced that it will host a Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Thursday, September 14th at 2:30 PM CT. As always, the event is open to the public, but registration at this link is necessary. CMS has not provided an agenda or topic for the call, but it is quite possible that the focus will be the staffing ratios NPRM.

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