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Skilled nursing providers in at least 15 states averted the loss of thousands of frontline workers Thursday, when CMS let expire a blanket national waiver allowing the use of non-certified nurse aides.
Providers need more time before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would implement any adjustments to PDPM payment rates, operators and associations have told the agency in official comments.