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New Bill Calls for Minimum Staffing Requirements in Nursing Homes
On November 26, 2019 by Jodi Boyne
A new bill in Congress, the Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act, would revise minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing settings that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. LeadingAge opposes the legislation as it fails to address the underlying causes and rising challenges of workforce shortages across the long-term care continuum.
CMS To Lift 5-Star Freeze, Make Other Changes to Nursing Home Compare
On March 6, 2019 by Jodi Boyne
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the freeze on health inspection ratings at care centers that was instituted in February 2018 will be lifted in April. This is among several changes CMS is making to provide greater support to consumers looking to compare the quality of nursing homes via Nursing Home Compare. Major changes include:
Increased Staffing Ratios and Higher Use of Temporary Staff in Care Centers
On August 28, 2018 by Jeff Bostic
Staffing shortages continue to be a primary challenge for care centers, which are experiencing increased staffing ratios and higher use of temporary poll staff based on an analysis of data LeadingAge Minnesota completed on the 2017 costs reports filed with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS).