News Digest: Research into union impact on turnover and retentionIn this cross-sectional study of 1.45 million facility-weeks (corresponding to 13 826 unique facilities), within a given facility periods of greater...
Analysis from CliftonLarsonAllen compares the potential cost to the long term care industry for meeting (proposed) minimum staffing requirements at three potential levels.
News Digest: OIG finds challenges with nursing homes pandemic preparationAlthough most nursing homes met Federal emergency preparedness requirements, an estimated 77 percent reported challenges with preparedness...
News Digest: Leaked CMS Study Conflicts with Minimum Staffing Plans A comprehensive report prepared under contract to CMS by ABT Associates summarizes results from a Nursing Home Staffing Study including reseach...
PBJ research report and related news: Did staffing hours change among nursing homes that received forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which required recipients to appropriate 60% to 75% of...
PBJ research report and related news: Staffing shortages have been widely reported in US nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but traditional quantitative research analyses have found mixed evidence of staffing...
‘Only the Beginning’: Staffing Mandate Assessments May Push Operators to the BrinkBeyond minimum staffing requirements, operators may need to prepare for updated assessment requirements, which leaders say will be a...
News Digest: Mandated Nursing Minimums Ignores Key Nursing Role CNA's, LPN's and RN's form the backbone of skilled nursing facilities. All three roles are used in calculating and determining a facility's Five Star...
News Digest: Proposed Rule Includes More than Minimum Staffing Lost in the uproar over minimum staffing requirements for RN's and CNA's are a number of additional provisions in CMS' Proposed Minimum Staffing Rule. A...
News Digest: Resolving Staffing Shortages Is Key to Compliance with Mandate PBJ data and labor force participation data illustrate the challenge for the senior care industry to add staff to the required levels. ...
News Digest: Overwhelming Response to CMS' Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing The 60 day comment period for the Proposed Minimum Staffing Rule ended November 6, 2023. AHCA and Leading Age associations led efforts to...
News Digest: Various Strategies Floated to Avoid Proposed Minimum Staffing Rule With widespread opposition to CMS' Proposed Rule, a variety of tactics are under consideration to overcome the potential regulations. ...
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updates to guidance on minimum health and safety standards that Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities (often called “nursing homes”) must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS also updated and developed new guidance in the State Operations Manual (SOM) to address issues that significantly affect residents of LTC facilities.
U.S. News & World Report nursing home ratings poke holes in CMS ratingsU.S. News & World Report recently released its 2022-2023 nursing home ratings, which revealed major differences in its assessments compared...
Q: What is the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Payment Total Nurse Staffing Measure?
A: The Total Nursing Hours Per Resident Day Measure uses auditable electronic data reported to the Payroll-Based Journal system to calculate total nursing hours per resident day. It is one of two new measures that will begin affecting payments in the FY 2026 SNF VBP program year, the other being SNF Healthcare Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalization.
New Five-Star scoring metrics could penalize an estimated 10% to 16% of providers who have relied on staffing strengths to drive their overall ratings.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday published new guidance for calculating staffing stars in the public-facing rating system. It incorporates total nurse staffing on weekends; annual RN and total nurse turnover; and administrator turnover.
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin posting for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website today
For the administrator looking to improve an overall quality score quickly, the staffing score is a good place to start.
The staffing score will boost a facility’s overall score by one star if it: exceeds the health inspection score, and is either four or five stars.
