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ANDRACHELROUBEIN

TheWhite House on Monday
announced plans to boostnurs-
ing home staffing and oversight,
blaming some of the 200,000-
plus covid deaths of nursing
home residentsand staffduring
thepandemiconinadequatecon-
ditions.
Officials said the plan would
setminimumstaffing levels, re-
ducetheuseofsharedroomsand
crack down on the poorest-per-
formingnursinghomestoreduce
the risk of residents contracting
infectious diseases. TheWhite
House also said it plannedto
scrutinize the role of private
equityfirms, citingdatathat
their ownership was linked with
worse outcomes and higher
costs.
Theinitiatives are amonga
broaderpackageofdomesticpol-
icies thatPresident Bidenplans
to tout in his firstState of the
UnionaddressTuesday.
Nursing homes have been an
epicenter of covid spread during
thepandemic,asthevirusinitial-
ly tore throughfacilitiesbefore
vaccines were available in 2020,
andthencontinuedtosickenand
kill residentsatanelevated rate
lastyear.Advocates have de-
mandedbetterpoliciestoensure
the facilities are preparedfor
emergenciesandfollowpractices
tocurbthespreadofinfections.
UnderBiden’s plan,officialsat
the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services will propose
minimumstaffing levels within
the next year, which the White
Housesaidwouldimprovesafety
byensuringresidentsreceivesuf-
ficient care and attention.The
administrationalsocitedastudy
thatfoundincreasedstaffinglev-
els were linked withfewer covid
casesanddeaths.
Thenursing home industry
has warnedthatthe pandemic
hasexacerbated long-running
staffing shortages, noting that
roughly 420,000employees in
nursing homes and long-term
care facilities, manyofwhom
complained aboutlow pay, have
departedoverthelasttwoyears.
Federal officials also will ex-
plore tactics to encouragenurs-
inghomestoshifttosingle-occu-
pancyrooms and phase out
roomswith three or more resi-
dents, which increase the likeli-

hoodaninfectious-diseasemight

spread,theWhiteHousesaid.

Meanwhile, Biden willcall on

Congresstoprovidealmost

$500 million—a25percent

bump —for health and safety

inspections in nursing homes.

Thousandsof the long-termcare

facilitieswent without suchin-

spections in the firstmonths of

the pandemic,as inspectors ran

short of personal protective

equipment and some states pri-

oritizedremotevisits.

TheBidenadministrationalso

vowstougherscrutinyofnursing

home facilitiesand investors

withatrack record of safety

concerns,announcinganarrayof

newoversightmeasuresand fi-

nancialsanctions. Forinstance,

Biden will ask Congressto allow

nursinghomes to be penalized

upto$1millionforcertainareas

of poor performance,up from

$21,000now.

“For too long, corporateown-

ers and operators have not been

held to account for poornursing

home performance,”the White

Housesaidinafactsheet.

Federal officials also plan to

create adatabase thatwould

track and identifyowners and

operators across states to high-

lighttheirsafetyrecords.

“Theseareallgreatsteps,”said

David Grabowski, an expertin

long-termcare at Harvard Medi-

cal School who has called for

improved oversight of the nurs-

inghomesector.

Grabowski said he had ques-

tions about whetherincreasing

accountabilityofnursing homes

would free up funding to hire

additionalworkerstomeetmini-

mum staffing levels.“Howdowe

makesuretherearedollarsavail-

able to fund all thesenew posi-

tions?”Grabowskiasked.

Some industryofficialsraised

theirownconcernsaboutBiden’s

proposals,arguingtheirfacilities

needmorefundingandcontend-

ing thatMedicaid—the primary

payer for nursingcare —doesn’t

coverallthenecessarycosts.

“Regulations and enforce-

ment, even with the bestinten-

tions, justcan’t changethat

math,”Katie Smith Sloan, presi-

dent and CEO of LeadingAge,

whichrepresentsnonprofitaging

servicesproviders,saidinastate-

ment.

“Wewould love to hire more

nursesand nurse aides to sup-

portthe increasingneeds of our

residents,”Mark Parkinson, the

head of the American Health

Care Association, amajor nurs-

ing home trade group, said in a

statement. “However,wecannot

meetadditional staffing require-

mentswhenwecan’tfindpeople

to fill the open positions —nor

whenwedon’thavetheresources

tocompeteagainstotheremploy-

ers.”

Administration officials also

said theyplannedto investigate

the roleofprivateequityfirms

and other investors in the nurs-

inghomesector,theWhiteHouse

said, citing studies thatinvest-

mentgroups’ ownership of nurs-

ing homes is linked to lower

qualityofcareandhighercosts.

Biden also will call on Con-

gress to expand regulators’au-

thority to scrutinize chain own-

ers.

Duringhis 2020 presidential

campaign,Biden pledged to im-

prove nursinghome safety and

reverse policydecisionsunder

former president Donald Trump,

such as reducingpenaltiesfor

nursinghomes,thathealth ex-

perts said had put residents at

risk

Biden plans nursing home reforms

Initiativesseek to boost

staffingand oversight,

cut use of sharedrooms

ALVAROBARRIENTOS/ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Awastebasket afternursing home residents receivedvaccines. The

White House vowsto increaseaccountabilityofnursinghomes.

regularpostsremainsmassive.

RT currentlyhas7.3million

followersonFacebook,

4.6millionsubscriberson

YouTube,2.9millionfollowers

onTwitter,830,000followerson

Instagramandroughly280,000

onTelegram.

Theoutletalsohassmaller

followingsonTikTok,with

about88,000followers,andon

YouTube-rivalRumble,with

roughly9,000subscribers.

Otherprominentplatforms,

suchasTikTok,haveyetto

announceanysuchstepsto

limitRussianstatemedia.

TikTokhascontinued

showingvideosfromRT into

Sundaymorning,evento

Americanuserswhohadn’t

specificallyaskedforcontent

fromtheRussianstate-

controlledoutlet,JeremyMerrill

reportsforTheTechnology202.

APostTikTokaccountwas

shownonesuchvideo,posted

SaturdayafternooninEastern

Europe,purportingtodepictthe

“voluntary”surrenderof

Ukrainiansoldiers.ThePostdid

notverifythevideo,whichthe

TikTokappsaidhadbeen

shownalmost4.5milliontimes.

SpokespeopleforTikTokdid

notreturnarequestfor

commentonthevideooronits

policiesregardingRussianstate-

mediaoutlets.

TelegramandRumbledidnot

returnrequestsforcommenton

theirpoliciesregardingthe

outlets.

Withthemilitaryconflictin

Ukraineshowingnoimminent

signsoflettingup,andwith

globalsanctionsstillgaining

steam,techcompaniesarelikely

tocontinuetobeputonthe

defensiveaboutwhetherthey

aredoingenoughtocurb

Russia-backeddisinformation.

Russianchannelsaffiliatedwith

recentsanctions.”

Themovescameas

governmentsaroundtheglobe

dialedupsanctionsagainst

Russia,includingitsstatemedia

outlets,whichcouldcreaterisks

forcompaniesthatcontinueto

dobusinesswiththem,suchas

byacceptingadmoney.

Sen.MarkR.Warner(D-Va.)

praisedthecompanies’initial

actionsSaturday.

It’s unclearhowsignificant

cuttingoffRussianstate-media’s

accesstodigitaladvertisingand

monetizationtoolsmaybe,

however.

RT’s mainpagehasn’trun

anyadsonpoliticalorsocial

issuesonMeta’splatformssince

2018,anditsSpanish-language

page,whichhasover18million

followers,hasrunonlyfiveinas

manyyears,accordingtoa

reviewbyTheTechnology202

ofMeta’sonlineadslibrary.

SputnikandRIANovosti,two

othermajorRussianstate-

mediaorganizations,haven’t

runanysuchadssince2017,and

another,Ruptly, hasrunonly

threeinthat time,accordingto

thereview.

Thedatabasedoesn’tkeepa

recordofallinactiveadsinits

library, meaningthatsomemay

haveescapedourcount.

Theapparentscarcityof

politicalandissueadssuggests

thatprohibitingRussianstate-

mediaoutletsfromrunning

themmay belargelysymbolic.

YouTubespokesperson

FarshadShadloodeclinedtosay

howmuchmoneyRThasmade

fromadvertisingonthe

platform,addingthecompany

doesn’t“discloserevenuefor

anychannel.”

Meanwhile,thereachof

Russianstate-mediaoutlets’

Socialmedia

companies,

including

Facebookand

YouTube,

announcedplans

overtheweekend

toblockadsfrom

Russianstate-mediaoutletsand

tolimitthesepublications’

abilitytomakemoneyonlinein

thewakeofRussia’sinvasionof

Ukraine.

Buttechcompaniesarefacing

growingpressuretoblockthe

organizationsfromplatforms

altogether,mostnotablythe

state-financedtelevision

networkRTandstate-owned

digitalandradionewsagency

Sputnik,whichtheU.S.State

Departmenthascalled“critical

elementsinRussia’s

disinformationandpropaganda

ecosystem.”

Thestandoffmarksoneofthe

highestprofiletestsofhow

socialmediacompaniesrespond

togovernment-backed

misinformationand

disinformationcampaignssince

the2016U.S.elections.

AfterRussialaunchedits

militaryoffensivelastweek,a

slewofpublicofficials,advocacy

groupsandtechexpertsurged

majorplatformstobanRussian

state-mediaoutlets,which

researcherssayhavebeen

spreadingbaselessandfalse

claimsabouttheimpetusforthe

attackformonths.Andthecalls

havegrownasRussiahas

limitedpublicaccesstosocial

mediadomestically.

Sofar,nomajorplatformhas

followedthroughonbanning

Russianstate-mediaoutlets.

Instead,socialmediacompanies

havetakensmallerstepsaimed

atlimitingtheirabilityto

generatemoneyorrunpaid

messagesonline.

Facebookparentcompany

MetasaidlateFridaythatit

wouldprohibitRussianstate

mediafromrunningadsand

“monetizingonourplatform

anywhereintheworld.”On

Sunday, Meta’s vicepresidentof

globalaffairs,NickClegg,said

thecompany hadadditionally

“restrictedaccesstoseveral

accountsinUkraine,”including

“some” Russianstate-media

organizations.

TwittersaidFridayitwas

“temporarilypausing”all

advertisinginUkraineand

Russia.

YouTubesaidSaturday ithad

“restrictedaccesstoRT anda

numberofotherchannelsin

Ukraine” andwaspausing

severalchannels’ability to

monetize,“includingseveral

Social networks face Russian dilemma

The

Technology

202

CRISTIANO

LIMA

SHURANHUANGFOR THE WASHINGTONPOST

Demonstratorsoutside the WhiteHouseinWashington on Monday

hold Ukrainian flagsand protestRussia’s invasionofUkraine.