Employment Considerations for Long Term Care Facilities under the Biden-Harris Administration

In support of these [Biden-Harris Administration] goals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), acting under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a proposed rule in the federal register in April titled Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule). This Proposed Rule contains three provisions likely to impact staffing at LTC facilities in the coming years. The comment period for the Proposed Rule closed on June 10, 2022. More than 6,800 public comments were submitted.