WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is pressing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to immediately reinstate a key transparency deadline requiring Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to report detailed information about their ownership, management, and related-party financial arrangements. CMS's decision to suspend that deadline has significantly weakened visibility into who controls nursing homes and how public dollars are used. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) also signed the letter.
In their letter, the Senators wrote:
"We write to urge immediate reinstatement of the deadline for Skilled Nursing Facilities ...