CMA Highlights SNF Staffing Shortfalls As Wait For CMS Rule Drags On

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is urging the Biden administration to hold nursing homes to a meaningful staffing standard as the sector gears up for a proposed rule on minimum staffing ratios expected to be released in the fall. A set of recent briefs on nursing home staffing indicate most nursing facilities would likely struggle to meet the recommended minimum hours per resident day put forward in a key 2001 report, which the nursing home lobby anticipates is the standard...