Providers welcomed the “good news” Monday that the budget for a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home staffing campaign has more than doubled to reach $200 million. The campaign was originally set to devote $75 million to nurse training and recruitment for the long-term care sector, and is set to begin in earnest this summer. CMS Administrator Mehmet OZ on Monday told attendees at the CMS Quality Conference in Baltimore that a related collaboration with states had led to the near tripling of the designated spending.
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