‘Tone deaf’: Posting of more staffing and turnover data starts
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2022
Nursing home staff turnover rates and weekend staffing levels can now be viewed publicly on the Care Compare website, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
CMS: Vaccination mandate will ease — not worsen — workforce shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 11, 2021
Staff shortages currently experienced by long-term care providers won’t be exacerbated by the new emergency regulation requiring healthcare staff to be vaccinated against COVID-10, a top health official...
‘Never seen it this bad’: Nursing homes, other facilities have lost 380K workers since pandemic’s...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2021
Nursing homes shed another 1,500 jobs in the month of July, bringing the total for residential care facilities to approximately 380,000 since February 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to...
Providers hesitant to require staff vaccinations due to worker shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2021
Ongoing staffing struggles in the long-term care industry are preventing some providers from making the COVID-19 vaccine a condition of employment for their workers.
CMS: New RAI manual still on hold
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 07, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not release an updated version of the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual in the near future, the agency confirmed Thursday.
Operators ‘reluctant to terminate’ workers as state vaccine deadline hits
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
The ongoing workforce shortage is pushing New York long-term care providers to be flexible with workers still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine even after the state’s healthcare worker mandate...
Hiring initiative to meet COVID-19 workforce challenges entails paying CNAs up to $25 an hour
Dec 01, 2020
Minnesota launched an “urgent hiring initiative” to help long-term care facilities struggling with staffing amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Just 1% of nursing homes are fully staffed
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2021
Just 1% of nursing homes throughout the United States say they are currently fully staffed, according to a new survey by the AHCA/NCAL.
Short-staffed long-term care providers are struggling to respond to COVID-19 outbreaks at their facilities and comply with a federal requirement to report COVID vaccination data.
Pleas answered: Texas providers set to receive nearly $400 million for staffing
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2021
After calling on state lawmakers to invest $400 million and help long-term care address critical workforce shortages, Texas providers are closer to receiving their wish after a critical funding bill was...