Site Visits Included in CMS Staffing Study

CMS contractor Abt Associates will be conducting site visits at select nursing homes between August and October 2022 as part of the CMS nursing home staffing study.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contractor Abt Associates has begun reaching out to select nursing homes for participation in site visits as part of the CMS nursing home staffing study. The staffing study is part of the White House plan for nursing home reform and will help inform the development of minimum nursing home staffing standards through feedback from staff, residents, and families on staffing challenges and perspectives on a federal minimum staffing requirement.

Site visits will take place in 65 nursing homes across all 10 CMS regions between August and October 2022. Abt Associates has identified nursing homes for participation based on several factors: location, size, ownership type, staffing level based on the staffing domain of the Five Star Quality Rating System, quality based on the Quality Measures domain of the Five Star Quality Rating System, use of agency staff, and proportion of Medicaid residents served and/or location in a disadvantaged area.