As the Delta variant raises fresh concerns about the safety of the nation’s nursing homes, the Biden administration has reversed a Trump policy that had limited the fines levied on facilities that endangered or injured residents. The policy favoring lower penalties, adopted in 2017 by the Trump administration, directed regulators at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to shift from fining a nursing home for each day it was out of compliance with federal standards. The relaxed policy reduced many penalties to a single fine, effectively lowering amounts from hundreds of thousands of dollars to a maximum of $22,000.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.