Hello, CMS? This is desperation calling
Hello, CMS? This is desperation calling
There was a stark, though not at all unexpected, dichotomy between participants in Monday’s listening session to gather input on coming nursing home staff minimums.On the one hand, you had consumer advocates — armed with the Biden administration’s aggressive reform push and 20 years of resentment about perceived understaffing — ready to throw fuel on the fire.
And on the other, there were nursing home leaders from major organizations, mid-sized chains and tiny, independent facilities in rural settings pleading with federal regulators to douse the flames.
Where a resident advocate might see the potential for more staffing rules to help nursing homes rise from the ashes of COVID, providers are legitimately worried that a well-intentioned but under-supported mandate might just burn the sector down for good.
FROM
McKnights
PUBLISHED
August 30, 2022
SOURCE
Marselas, Kimberly. “Hello, CMS? This Is Desperation Calling.” McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, 30 Aug. 2022, www.mcknights.com/daily-editors-notes/hello-cms-this-is-desperation-calling.
Related Resources:
- News: CMS to Visit Nursing Homes as Part of Minimum Staffing Proposal
- News: A Minimum Staffing Rule Can Work. Here’s What It Will Take: Parkinson
- News: CMS Outlines 4-pronged Minimum Staffing Study
- News: Warning on Staffing Minimum: Studying Costs Won’t Matter if Pay Doesn’t Add Up
- News: Providers Push Back on CMS’s Move to Zero in on Nursing Roles in Minimum Staffing Study