A New Focus on Nursing Facility Staffing
The Medicare Requirements of Participation state that a facility must provide sufficient nursing staff on a 24-hour basis and a registered nurse for at least eight consecutive hours per day, seven days a week.
With this new topic, OIG will be examining nursing staffing levels that are reported by facilities electronically to CMS’ Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ). In addition, the review will address the efforts by CMS to ensure data accuracy and improve quality of care by examining the enforcement of minimum requirements and encouraging the hire of high-quality staff above required levels.
FROM
Provider Magazine
PUBLISHED
January 1, 2019
SOURCE
Stauffer, Iain. “A New Focus on Nursing Facility Staffing.” Provider Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019, https://www.providermagazine.com/Issues/2019/January/Pages/A-New-Focus-on-Nursing-Facility-Staffing.aspx
