Federal Cash Key to Biden Push for Private Nursing Home Rooms

The Biden administration wants to reduce the number of multi-resident rooms in nursing homes, but it will need an assist from Congress to make it happen.

As part of a proposed overhaul of nursing home regulations and oversight, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to phase out rooms with three or more people and create more single-resident rooms.

“Most nursing home residents prefer to have private rooms to protect their privacy and dignity, but shared rooms with one or more other residents remain the default option,” said a recent White House fact sheet. “These multi-occupancy rooms increase ...