‘Only the Beginning’: Staffing Mandate Assessments May Push Operators to the Brink
Beyond minimum staffing requirements, operators may need to prepare for updated assessment requirements, which leaders say will be a “core” aspect of the mandate, along with the 24-hour registered nurse (RN) requirement.
And these assessment requirements have increased, resulting in criticism from industry experts on both their value and the added burdens that these might create.
“While we propose to require all LTC facilities (subject to exemptions) to comply with the minimum nursing staffing requirements,… those minimum standards are only the beginning,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wrote in the mandate proposal.
FROM
Skilled Nursing News
PUBLISHED
November 16, 2023
SOURCE
Shelby Grebbin. “‘Only the Beginning’: Staffing Mandate Assessments May Push Operators to the Brink.” Skilled Nursing News, 17 Nov. 2023, skillednursingnews.com/2023/11/only-the-beginning-staffing-mandate-assessments-may-push-operators-to-the-brink.
