Bloomberg Law (8/6, Pugh, Subscription Publication) reports CMS “should improve its oversight of nursing homes’ compliance with daily staffing requirements,” Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General “said after it found hundreds of facilities didn’t meet mandatory levels of manpower for several weeks in 2018.” The HHS-OIG stated, “This raises concerns that some nursing homes may not have fully met their residents’ needs in 2018.” Although the probe started before the COVID-19 pandemic, the report said the “pandemic reinforces the importance of adequate staffing for nursing homes, as inadequate staffing can make it more difficult for nursing homes to respond to infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19.” The AP (8/6, Ho).