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WASHINGTON The federal government miscalculated funding for hospital-based nursing schools for nearly two decades, and now the Biden administration is forcing them to pay up during the worst health care workforce crisis in decades.
Nursing schools across the country say it could force cutbacks and even closures. OSF HealthCare, based in Illinois, is already weighing which of its two nursing schools will close.
“CMS is well-intentioned in trying to fix something, but the way they are doing it is tone-deaf, by taking money from nursing schools during the pandemic,” said Chris Manson, vice president of government relations for the system. OSF estimates the government could demand $11.5 million from them for old miscalculations.