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Nursing HPRD & Turnover
How Can Facilities Get Ready for Minimum Staffing Requirements?
Ideas Emerge to Overcome Workforce Shortages
New Research on Health Care Staff Turnover and Quality of Care at Nursing Homes
OIG: Nursing Homes Reported Wide-Ranging Challenges Preparing for Public Health Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Research Shows Impact of PPP Loans on Staffing in US Nursing Homes
Study suggests staffing shortages during the pandemic strained nursing homes
Research finds nurse staffing shortages linked to 10 percent jump in resident deaths
Study recommends adding measures of staffing instability to Care Compare
White House Order Aims to Tie Nursing Home Medicare Payments to Worker Retention
Feds’ value-based changes present ‘long overdue’ opening for SNFs
Plaintiffs’ lawyers gaining edge against nursing homes with staffing issues
OIG: Pandemic Data Shows Major Changes Needed in Nursing Home Staffing, Surveys, Infection Control
Study shows that REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
Research Finds Staffing Stability Is Marker of Better Quality of Nursing Homes
Federal Bill Aims to Aid Nursing Home Labor Shortage with TNA Program Extension
States get needed nurse aide waiver relief but workers’ fates uncertain
MedPAC’s recommendations: state staffing policies could hamper federal mandate
A federal minimum staffing mandate is on the horizon for nursing homes at the beginning of 2023. Providers and experts wonder just how the proposed mandate might address historic staffing shortages without resources or support.
Medicaid nursing facility payment approaches
Study of Antipsychotic Use Connection to Staffing Levels
Researchers reported a 0.75% decrease in inappropriate antipsychotic prescribing per unit increase in overall staff-to-patient ratio. There was a 3.09% decrease in inappropriate antipsychotic prescribing per unit increase in licensed staff hours.
Research shows COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing
Nursing home staff turnover up 25 percent from last year
Research on COVID staffing finds policy action can stabilize staffing levels
Provider and policy action is needed to counter the effects of staff absences and departures, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, that may put nursing home residents at risk, according to the authors of a study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum.
Study confirms lower turnover linked to higher quality of care
CMS Releases Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule for FY23
CMS is also seeking feedback on including a Nursing Home Staff Turnover measure in the VBP program. The measure uses data from the CMS payroll-based journal system and reports annual turnover for nurses.
Nursing Facility Staffing Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Study Shows Weekend and Daily Variation in Nursing Home Staffing Led to Poorer Clinical Quality
State of Skilled Nursing Facilities Today, Planning for the Future
To Advance Information on Quality of Care, CMS Makes Nursing Home Staffing Data Available
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin posting for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website today
U.S. Bill Would Require More Staffing And Curtail Arbitration In Nursing Homes
Nursing homes would face minimum staffing requirements and a prohibition on pre-dispute arbitration agreements, among other significant potential changes included in legislation introduced last week by a group of Democratic senators.
Study Finds Nursing Home Staffing Hours Held Steady or Rose During Pandemic
In the May issue of Health Affairs, a new study of government data show nursing home staffing levels during the COVID-19 pandemic held steady or actually increased, dispelling at least in part prior research and coverage in the media that staffing hours declined during the crisis.
OIG Reports on CMS Use of Data on Nursing Home Staffing: Progress and Opportunities to Do More
Marys Take: Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public
Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems — and left them unprepared for Covid-19. The piece, as you may have already deduced speaks to Nursing Home Compare, the Five-Star Rating System and Payroll Based Journal (PBJ).
Research on How Skilled Nursing Facility Staffing Impacted by New Payment Rules
New research examines if nursing home staff turnover a good quality metric
OIG Study: HHS Watchdog Probes Enforcement Of Nursing Home Staffing Standards
Staffing takes a front seat when driving quality of care
Research Claims that Under Competitive Pressure, Nursing Homes Appear to Game Rating System
Study finds nursing homes rarely have enough RNs on staff
A New Focus on Nursing Facility Staffing
CMS Strengthens Nursing Home Oversight and Safety to Ensure Adequate Staffing
House Hearing Focuses on Nursing Home Safety and Quality
Ask the Payment Expert about … acuity-based staffing
What is acuity-based staffing and how do we know what our acuity is?
We have multiple ways that acuity is evaluated in a facility.
The best is to use available information with the Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) levels.