US nursing homes would have three years to provide a minimum of 3.0 hours of nursing care per day, at least 0.55 hours of that by a registered nurse and 2.45 hours by a nurse aide, under a first-ever federal...
Doctoral research doesn’t support the need for CMS proposed staffing mandates
By
Melissa Reed
Nov 15, 2023
Quality of care in long-term care settings has been perceived as an ongoing concern that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to solve with its proposed staffing mandate. The proposed...
As forecast price of federal staffing mandate climbs to $11.7B, analysts offer alternatives
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2023
A minimum staffing mandate of 4.1 hours per patient per day could cost the skilled nursing sector $11.7 billion annually, according to an updated analysis by consulting and advisory firm CliftonLarsonAllen.
Nurse aide association calls on feds to raise proposed staffing rule from 3.0 hours per day to 4.2 hours
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 16, 2023
A trade group representing certified nursing assistants wants federal officials to increase the number of direct care hours proposed under a mandatory staffing rule by 40%.
As SNF staffing mandate inches closer, more lawmakers publicly question its viability
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 12, 2023
As the clock counts down to the release of the Biden administration’s promised nursing home staffing mandate, providers are hoping that a growing chorus of federal lawmakers opposed to the idea will...
Senate bill to block nursing home staffing mandate introduced
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2023
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) officially introduced a bill late Tuesday aiming to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate.
Staffing for success: President Biden’s initiative and the call for holistic healthcare reform
By
Todd Walrath
Mar 06, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration’s recent initiative to establish federal staffing standards in nursing homes marks a commendable step toward improving patient care. These standards, aiming to enhance...
Staffing ‘instability’ might be new mandate metric; providers gear up for battle
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Average day-to-day staffing levels may be a key way to measure impact on nursing home care quality, a new study finds as federal regulators move closer to their goal of a proposed staffing mandate.
[Updated] Providers bracing for CMS release of federal nursing home staffing mandate at ‘any time’
By
James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2023
Nursing home leaders Wednesday were expecting details of a first-ever federal nursing home staffing mandate to be released at virtually any time.
Parkinson says proposed staffing mandate a ‘death sentence’ for rural nursing homes, offers answers
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2023
Long-term care industry advocates pulled no punches Wednesday when asked at a Sanford Health summit about likely outcomes facing rural operators if CMS’s proposed minimum staffing mandate becomes...