Senator rails against ‘punitive’ CMS, nursing home staffing rule in floor speech
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 25, 2024
US Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) criticized the new federal minimum staffing rule for nursing homes during a speech on the Senator floor Tuesday, saying the mandate will exacerbate staffing shortages, reduce...
You say you want a resolution?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2024
At a time when worker shortages have never been more severe, regulators are pushing for minimum staffing benchmarks. Regulators are in a tough spot.
CMS submits 75,000 pages to federal court to justify nursing home staffing mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services filed more than 75,000 pages of rule-making records with a federal court Friday, beginning its formal defense of its controversial nursing home staffing mandate.
CMS needs a better entry point for nursing home value-based care. Researchers say I-SNPs hold major potential
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2024
Institutional Special Needs Plans could be the tool nursing homes need to find better clinical and financial success and help the government achieve its goals of reducing costs and improving quality, a...
Do CMS’s minimum staffing requirements align with Five-Star metrics? A closer look
By
Steven Littlehale
Aug 16, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of skilled nursing facilities, staffing requirements remain a focal point of discussion and debate. With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services setting forth...
Some providers ‘hurting terribly’ as CMS schizophrenia audit penalties drag on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
A year and a half after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began auditing thousands of nursing homes for inappropriate schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are raising concerns that the quality...
Without planning, TEAM model will cost SNFs money on 5 key procedures: experts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2024
The latest evolution of a federal push to improve care coordination and reduce costs across settings may spell lost revenue for skilled nursing providers who are unprepared, two experts warned this week.
Are CMS risk-based surveys enough to address the downfall of survey delays?
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 26, 2024
In April 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the testing of a risk-based survey (RBS) that streamlines the standard recertification process for high-performing nursing homes....
Consumer groups urge CMS to enforce nurse aide training enforcement initiatives
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 19, 2023
For all its increased regulatory pressure on nursing homes in recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasn’t fully embraced the Biden administration’s full agenda for long-term care....
Staffing rule finally hits
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2023
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...