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Analysis from CliftonLarsonAllen compares the potential cost to the long term care industry for meeting (proposed) minimum staffing requirements at three potential levels.
A federal minimum staffing mandate is on the horizon for nursing homes at the beginning of 2023. Providers and experts wonder just how the proposed mandate might address historic staffing shortages without resources or support.
Nursing home staffing in severely disadvantaged neighborhoods is significantly lower than staffing in more well-off neighborhoods, according to a new study in which the LTSS Center participated.
More than half of the nurses surveyed said they are considering leaving the profession within the next 12 months. Unresolved feelings of moral distress and unsafe staffing were the top reasons cited by nurses considering leaving their roles, according to the study.
CMS is also seeking feedback on including a Nursing Home Staff Turnover measure in the VBP program. The measure uses data from the CMS payroll-based journal system and reports annual turnover for nurses.
Despite continuing nursing home workforce shortages across the country, some states continue to push for mandated minimum staffing hours – Virginia’s legislature was the latest to introduce such proposals, in January.
