On October 4, 2016, CMS issued regulations protecting residents of nursing homes participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs. The regulations were to be rolled out in three phases from 2017 to 2019. On November 28, 2017, an 18-month moratorium on full enforcement of certain Phase 2 requirements began. The moratorium means that nursing homes will not be financially penalized for violating the standards of care to which requirements the moratorium applies. In today’s episode, nursing home abuse attorneys Rob Schenk and Will Smith discuss Phase 2 protections and why their enforcement is being delayed.