CMS Outlines Multi-Faceted Approach to Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Requirements

In an industry stakeholder call on Wednesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Social Science Research Analyst Pauline Karikari-Martin said the agency is using a “multi-faceted” approach to proposing a minimum staffing ratio – stakeholder commentary tied to the SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS), a long-awaited study and listening sessions to be held in August.

The listening sessions will be used to inform the agency’s research study design, according to Karikari-Martin.

The “mixed methods” research study will assess the minimum staffing requirements needed to ensure that residents receive safe and quality care, she added.