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KFF.org 01/23/2026 - These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People
1. Change to the 2023 proposed federal rule setting minimum staffing levels for nursing homes - now reversed back to previous levels.
2. Changes to Home Health by Medicaid
3. WISeR Model being used in (6) states for prior approval of (17) procedures as a test for determining medical necessity - and to pull out waste, fraud and abuse.
Read the article to find out the history, the changes and the reason for the old changes and ther new ones.