Tennessee will soon join other states in reining in questionable business practices of temporary healthcare staffing agencies and their impact on long-term care facilities.
Recent changes to state rules governing nurse agency staffing practices will make it easier for Illinois nursing homes to hire temporary and part-time nurses by addressing some concerns about agency practices, observers say.
Always at the mercy of government regulators and payments, nursing home operators are getting a classic lesson in what “passing the buck” means these days.