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Illinois lawmakers approve sweeping changes to nursing home funding

Responding to long-standing problems that were made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, a bill approved late Thursday would increase payments to nursing homes and tie much of the increase to staffing levels and quality of care.

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Dementia training tied to license renewals for emergency services workers

Emergency services workers must be trained in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias under a new bill passed by the Illinois Legislature.

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Nursing home staffing and care would be tied to new funding formula being considered in Illinois

The bill would particularly target high-Medicaid, for-profit nursing home facilities, which make up 95% of all understaffed facilities in the state.

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Illinois bill pushes new pay model that rewards outcomes

Nursing home Medicaid rates in Illinois would be tied to resident outcomes in a new reform proposal backed by providers.

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Racial and Health Disparities, Unsafe Care of Nursing Home Residents to Continue Without Immediate Reforms

/PRNewswire/ Inequities in care in nursing homes will continue to jeopardize the lives of Ilinois residents without immediate reforms to cease "ward-like".

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