SNF Staffing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites interested members of the public to a call on August 29, 2022, from 1:00 to 2:30 EST, to discuss nursing home staffing; Register here.  The CMS blog announcing the call also describes … [Read more...] about CMS Hosts Public Call on Nursing Home Staffing on August 29

In an August 9, 2022 letter, the American Health Care Association asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to reinstate the 1135 waiver on nursing aide training requirements for nursing homes that expired more than two months ago.[1] The Center for … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Trade Group Asks for New Waiver of Nurse Aide Training Requirements

Effective July 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover of nurses and administrators as it calculates the staffing measure for the federal website … [Read more...] about CMS Announces Changes to Staffing Measure in Five-Star Rating System; Staffing Ratings Decline for One-Third of Nursing Facilities

As the Biden Administration works to develop and implement a standard for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities,[1] facility owners and executives attempt to derail this progress by arguing that almost all facilities would need to … [Read more...] about Improving Nursing Home Staffing Levels Can And Must Be Done

During the coronavirus pandemic and as of January 2022, nursing facilities lost 238,000 staff members, 15% of their total workforce.[1]  According to a survey by the trade association American Health Care Association (AHCA), more than 87% of … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Staffing at All-Time Low; Which Solutions Will Help?

As part of the annual proposed rule updating Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes a Request for Information about mandatory staffing levels for nursing homes.[1] CMS … [Read more...] about Comments On Mandatory Staffing Ratios for Nursing Homes Due to CMS by June 10

As part of the annual proposed rule updating Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs),[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is beginning the process of establishing nurse staffing standards for facilities, as … [Read more...] about CMS Begins Process of Setting Mandatory Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities

At a roundtable discussion with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on March 30, which the Center for Medicare Advocacy attended as one of seven invitees, Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of the American Health Care Association, the trade association of … [Read more...] about Federal Government Must Enact and Enforce Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities

On March 20, 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and as part of a long list of blanket waivers and flexibilities granted to nursing facilities,[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived the requirement that … [Read more...] about Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides