staffing minimum

A quality incentive program that directs add-on funding only to nursing homes that enhance care and perform well on a series of patient metrics could be a lifeline for hundreds of facilities facing major...

There’s a glaring hole in the proposed federal staffing mandate, and no, I’m not talking about that same blackhole that’s apparently sucked in 190,000 skilled nursing workers with no sign of spitting...

If you ever want to see something really wrong, just watch two sides fight when both think they’re really right. It usually isn’t pretty.

Lawmakers in Connecticut appear ready to toughen their state’s nursing home staffing minimum next year, even before they have fully tested a 3.0 hours per-day requirement currently in play.

Nursing home providers could support a federal minimum staffing rule that is funded and exempts them from penalties if they make “best faith efforts” to hire, according to one of the nation’s top...

Providers were bracing for the first federal minimum staffing proposal, the details of which could have broad implications for all nursing homes.

Provider organizations across the country are trying to pinpoint just how much of an investment they’ll need to meet

NASHVILLE, TN — Many providers renewed their concerns about staffing constraints, workforce retention and the survey process during a rare live forum with a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Q: If we meet state-level staffing minimums, will we have sufficient staff under F725, Sufficient Nursing Staff?

Federal contractors are heading into 75 nursing homes this fall to gather data needed to establish a first-ever federal minimum staffing mandate.