Two preeminent skilled nursing researchers are calling for significant changes to a proposed federal staffing mandate that would build on “the rule’s strengths while addressing shortcomings and minimizing...
15 governors tell Biden ‘unrealistic’ staffing rule would unravel state efforts
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2023
A group of 15 Republican governors this week urged President Joe Biden to reconsider the federal staffing mandate his administration has proposed for the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes.
State officials hunger for staffing minimum even higher than the one they haven’t implemented yet
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2023
Lawmakers in Connecticut appear ready to toughen their state’s nursing home staffing minimum next year, even before they have fully tested a 3.0 hours per-day requirement currently in play.
Staff deaths, other elements to be removed from CDC data requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
May 26, 2023
Skilled nursing providers will soon see significant changes to COVID-related data-reporting requirements, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.
‘More must be done’ by providers for emergency prep: Senate report
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2023
Massive power failures and widespread evacuations caused by severe weather should be taken as a “warning sign” that US nursing homes remain unprepared for emergencies and the coming effects of climate...
BREAKING: CMS nursing home staffing mandate in question after study leaks
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James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 29, 2023
The accidental online posting Tuesday afternoon of a study commissioned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seems to indicate that the White House’s grand plans for a first-ever nursing home...
CMS: Expect final nursing home staffing rule this year
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to finalize its minimum staffing rule for nursing homes during 2024, an official confirmed Tuesday during a national stakeholder call.
Measuring nursing home quality minute by minute
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2022
If there’s one thing nursing home providers, consumer advocates and regulators can agree on when it comes to developing a minimum staffing rule, it might be just how difficult the job will be.
In ‘transition,’ CMS asks providers to weigh in on key rules
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — Many providers renewed their concerns about staffing constraints, workforce retention and the survey process during a rare live forum with a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Nursing homes adopting senior living sales tactics to build census. Will it work?
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 25, 2022
As staffing and occupancy pressures continue to bring some providers to the brink of closure, more appear to be borrowing a marketing tactic from their senior living peers.