There is substantial variation in state minimum staffing requirements (Figure 1). Industry associations and nursing home resident advocates provided divergent views on the establishment of minimum staffing levels. Commenters provided robust feedback on the action design and method for implementing a staffing requirement, with some noting that resident acuity could change on a daily basis and recommending that CMS establish benchmarks, rather than absolute values, in staffing requirements. Belle Harris In Virginia, House Bill 646 would require the state Board of Health to establish a minimum of 2.8 hours direct care per resident per day for nursing aide staff, and at Janus Pan, As the nation continues to open back up in the wake of COVID-19, individual communities and providers continue to face significant staffing shortages and financial pressures. Bradley attorneys can assist with the full spectrum of healthcare regulatory and employment matters, or with any other matter that arises in the long-term care space. Of course, once CMS issues its proposal for minimum staffing requirements in Spring 2023, that proposal will go through the notice-and-comment rulemaking processproviding further opportunities for all interested parties to weigh in. Site visits to nursing homes and related analyses. The public comment period closed on June 10, 2022, and CMS received over 3,000 comments from a variety of interested parties including advocacy groups; long-term care ombudsmen; industry associations (providers); labor unions and organizations; nursing home staff and administrators; industry experts and other researchers; family members, and caretakers of nursing home residents. In 0000031792 00000 n
[2] The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) has highlighted and exacerbated the long-standing staffing challenges experienced in many facilities, creating an urgent need to address this issue for the well-being of all individuals residing in our nations federally certified nursing homes and the workers who care for them. The CLA report found that it would cost anywhere from $250,000 to $1.6 million in annual costs per facility that is below the newly imposed staffing requirements. Others pointed to the variability of the various states Medicaid labor reimbursement and suggested that Medicaid rates in many states do not keep pace with rising labor costs. The White House on Monday unveiled a slew Burnout and competition are major factors. That is the main factor they stress at the job, yet you don't give us the staff to provide that," Ward says. Nursing home administrators also opposed the bill due to an increasing statewide staffing shortage, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. Two years into the pandemic, he says it's time for them to take care of themselves. The government has increased scrutiny and staffing requirements in response to COVID-19. If LPN is Charge Nurse, RN must be on call. hide caption. What did CMS learn from the Request for Information? The agency initially published a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public comments on minimum staffing requirements in April 2022, within the Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. Other states may have adopted or proposed Medicaid provider reimbursement rate changes that do not explicitly require corresponding increases in direct care staff wages. 0000031136 00000 n
At least eight states adopted temporary changes to staff training requirements post-COVID to expand the pool of staff available to work in nursing homes (Appendix Table 3). [8], States have also recently increased scrutiny over minimum nurse staffing levels. The vast majority of those comments voiced concerns related to residents not receiving adequate care due to chronic understaffing in facilities. The April 2022 National Academies report recommends direct-care registered nurse coverage 24 hours a day, with additional registered nurse coverage that reflects resident census, acuity, case mix and residents professional nursing needs as determined by their assessments and care plans. Finally, both federal and state policymakers will likely be considering the recommendations in the National Academies comprehensive report on improving nursing home care quality. Launched in August 2022 and expected to continue through the winter, the staffing study is comprised of four main parts: literature review, site visits, quantitative analyses, and cost analyses all further described below. could also make it difficult for facilities to find and retain high-quality nursing staff, which would reduce the number of residents that facility could support. 0000004511 00000 n
1 DON RN full-time. Skilled nursing facilities provide round-the-clock assistance with healthcare and activities of daily living. Multiple comments stated that residents will go entire shifts without receiving toileting assistance, leading to falls or increased presence of pressure ulcers. It also states that nursing home operators in the state are required to return all profits in excess of 5% to the state, regardless of the quality of care or whether the operator sustained losses in prior years. At least three other states (IL, MA, and NC) adopted changes that require nursing homes to increase staff wages as a condition of receiving increased Medicaid provider reimbursement rates. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Other commenters representing advocacy groups stated that resident acuity should be a primary determinant in establishing minimum staffing standards, noting that Medicare pays nursing homes based on resident acuity level. The only place that has adopted the federal government's guidance of 4.1 hours of care per day is Washington, D.C. "We think about meeting the numbers every single day," says Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107 | Phone 650-854-9400 Missouri also established reciprocity standards to allow out-of-state certified nursing assistants (CNAs) to work in Missouri. Illinois specified that nursing homes must increase direct care staff wages by $1.00 per hour as of July 2020, and an additional 50 cents per hour as of January 2021. Nursing Home Staffing Study Stakeholder Listening Session-August 29, 2022. Eric Lee for NPR Finally, CMS received comments on the cost impacts of establishing staffing requirements, payment, and study design. NurseDash offers a variety of features to help nursing homes with their staffing needs, including: If youre looking for a nursing staffing solution, look no further than NurseDash. The facility must have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/28/fact-sheet-protecting-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-by-improving-safety-and-quality-of-care-in-the-nations-nursing-homes/, [2] 87 FR 22720, pages 22771-22772: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/15/2022-07906/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities, [3] Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/15/2022-07906/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities, [4] Social Security Act, sections 1819 and 1919, [5] Social Security Act, sections 1128I(g)(4), 1819, and 1919, [6] Appropriateness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes, 2001: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/elderjustice/legacy/2015/07/12/Appropriateness_of_Minimum_Nurse_Staffing_Ratios_in_Nursing_Homes.pdf; and the 2005 Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification (STRIVE) Project: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/SNFPPS/TimeStudy. At least 1.1 hours of care must be given by a registered nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN). 0000029962 00000 n
Without the increase, starting wages for aides averaged $11.00 to $12.00 per hour. Andrea Hsu/NPR The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. Over the next year, policy action is expected on the federal level related to nursing home staffing. 0000002408 00000 n
Please provide a separate email, requesting confirmation of receipt, if applications are submitted electronically. April 20, 2023 Washington, D.C. As an example, New York proposed a bill to establish nursing home staffing levels, such as 3.5 hours of total nursing care per resident per day, with 1.1 hours of care being required from a licensed nurse.[9]. Cannot go below 1:40 RN/LPN ratio. NurseDash is an on-demand healthcare marketplace that connects facilities with staffing needs to clinicians looking for open nursing shifts. Additionally, some commenters noted that evidence shows that most facilities have adequate resources to increase their staffing levels without additional Medicaid resources. "It's a bad day when I'm in pain, and I'm not going to get relief in a timely fashion," says Miller, who describes himself as a functional quadriplegic. WebTwo bills passed by the New York State Legislature set minimum staffing levels in both nursing homes and hospitals. hb```f``[ Abl,=`4T 9J9*/p.S5UY-C[4Yi`:HF0p n_/u]'uCnx|LOhk^mpvm\5[xkVOhgsWh*@ This RFI was a first step to facilitate a holistic approach to advancing future changes in these areas. Previously, she covered the legal beat for various publications. Stories like Miller's and far worse have pushed the Biden administration to call for major reforms in nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in November 2021 increased oversight of nursing services pursuant to 42 CFR 483.35, which mandates sufficient nursing staff at facilities receiving Medicare reimbursement: The facility must have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care and considering the number, acuity and diagnoses of the facilitys resident population in accordance with the facility assessment required at 483.70(e).[5], Specifically, CMS will survey nursing homes in the future for nurse competency, inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications, and other areas of residents health and concern. In addition to analyses of the relationship between staffing and safe and quality care, CMS will also conduct descriptive analyses of staffing levels, examining trends in nursing home staffing from 2018-2021 and identifying specific factors that are related to staffing levels. Kathy Hochul lifted a three-month pause on Friday. [11]. This equates to 0.30 staffing hours per resident day (hprd).3 Facilities also must designate a full-time registered nurse as a full-time director of nursing. For example, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have recently increased enforcement against staffing agencies that price-fix nursing wages, as well as against nursing personnel agencies who engage in price gouging or unfair competition. The nursing home industry has been struggling in recent years, with many facilities already cutting back on services due to budget constraints. On bad days, something goes wrong and it takes awhile before someone is available to respond to his call button sometimes 45 minutes or longer. Eric Lee for NPR Hanse told SNN that many facilities have limited or stopped admissions as a result of the staffing crisis, which has noticeably backed up hospital discharges. 0000020352 00000 n
[10] See, e.g., CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, available at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PhysicianFeeSched. Certified Nurse Aides [2] In the same survey, more than 7 out of 10 long term care facilities said a lack of qualified candidates and unemployment benefits have been the biggest obstacles in hiring new staff.[3]. Or when his roommate is having a crisis of some sort and help does not come immediately. Nursing homes across the state of New York must now abide by a new law that requires facilities to meet minimum staffing levels after Gov. Facilities across the country are grappling with numerous unfilled positions as a result of staff departures during the pandemic. She aims to have a rule in place within a year, an optimistic time frame given the lengthy federal rulemaking process and other challenges. The mandate comes at a time when the Biden administration has set its sights on a federal nursing home staffing minimum. CMS is also conducting a stakeholder listening session on August 29, 2022 from 1-2:30 p.m. EST to provide information on the study and solicit additional stakeholder input on minimum staffing requirements. 0000008976 00000 n
According to Genworths 2018 Cost of Care Survey, assisted The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is expected to conduct a study to determine the level and type of staffing needed, and propose a new federal standard within one year, the agency confirmed during a stakeholder call on March 10. Nominate a skilled nursing future leader who is raising the bar for patient care in homes & health care facilities across the country. A 2001 CMS study recommended a minimum of 4.1 nursing hours per resident per day to prevent harm to residents. 1 Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Onsite interviews, surveys, and direct observations of nursing home staff will provide qualitative, contextual information to inform the establishment of minimum staffing requirements. Skilled Nursing News is the leading source for news and information covering the skilled nursing industry. Nursing Home Staffing Study Stakeholder Listening Session-August 29, 2022 In February, the Biden Administration announced a comprehensive set of reforms to Nursing home staff shortages and high turnover rates among staff are largely attributed to low wages. Legislation that would have permanently increased minimum staffing requirements post-COVID was proposed but failed to pass in at least two states. "It's so that each person gets exactly what they need to be the best they can be and live their best life," says Robyn Grant, director of public policy and advocacy at the Consumer Voice, a group focused on long-term care. WebThe Manager of an ALR must: Be at least 21 years old Have experience in administration, supervision, and management Have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in human services management, housing management, or nursing home management The Manager must be of good moral character and must never have been convicted of a felony. Nursing homes were selected in 15 states: CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WY. Advocacy groups also had staffing shortage concerns, but observed that, in their view, staffing has always been a challenge and emphasized that while additional efforts are needed to bolster the workforce, it should not deter CMS from setting minimum staffing levels in nursing homes. found that although minimum staffing thresholds exist, the requirements are vague and not adequate for providing seniors with an acceptable level of care. The law stipulates that 70% of a nursing homes revenue is to be spent on direct resident care and at least 40% spent on staffing. CMS administrator Brooks-LaSure says she's listening to industry concerns, including their call for more money to keep up with rising costs, especially labor. CMS launched a multi-faceted approach aimed at determining the minimum level and type of staffing needed to enable safe and quality care in nursing homes, which includes conducting a mixed methods study with qualitative and quantitative elements to inform the minimum staffing proposal. Find nursing staff with a variety of specialties, including geriatric nursing, palliative care nursing, and more. The Biden Administration has announced plans to propose new federal minimum staffing adequacy regulations in the next year. she asks. The agency initially published a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public comments on minimum staffing requirements in April 2022, within the Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. Initial visits to 50 out of the 75 nursing homes will provide important information to guide the development of the proposed minimum staffing standards, and visits to the remaining 25 facilities will help validate the initial findings as part of CMSs iterative policy process. "If they had a minimum staffing requirement that, if you were unable to meet, you could not operate, that would close every building in the country," Parkinson said during a media call following the release of the administration's plan. As a nonprofit, Forest Hills of DC doesn't have the bandwidth to raise wages, Sandri says. Four out of 5 who initially express interest in a job don't come in for interviews. 0000006860 00000 n
(Nov. 22, 2021). A federal government website managed and paid for by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Some commenters suggested that CMS focus on implementing an acuity staffing model per shift instead of a minimum staffing requirement, while some recommended a staff to patient ratio instead. In February 2022, President Biden announced a comprehensive set of reforms to improve the safety and quality of nursing home care, hold nursing homes accountable for the care they provide, and make the quality of care and facility ownership more transparent so that potential residents and their loved ones can make informed care choices. Unless the government increases the amount it pays for nursing home care, Sandri says, "we just don't have it in our piggy bank. The vast majority of those comments voiced concerns related to residents not receiving adequate care due to chronic understaffing in facilities. Before the law even went into effect, of the 611 nursing homes in the state 383 (63%) were considered below 3.5 hours per resident day staffing requirements. 0000001884 00000 n
By contrast, Georgia permanently decreased its minimum staffing requirement by 0.24 hprd. ATTN: Christine Bates. Here, you'll find our nursing home resources, including COVID-19 public health emergency response information. Other states adopting increases include Arkansas, Massachusetts, and New York. This brief examines state legislative and regulatory actions since the onset of the pandemic to address nursing home staffing, including minimum staffing requirements, policies that directly affect worker wages (other than increases to provider reimbursement rates), and training requirements. "1ARPeBJU& lL" L@7, H
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1 DON RN full-time (8 hours, between 6am6pm). However, the bill was voted down in the House Rules Committee four days later. These changes apply to all staff and are not limited to providers that participate in Medicaid. We include both permanent and temporary changes to illustrate the types of action states are taking. Nominate Now. In January 2022, CMS began posting data on the level of weekend resident nurses, total nurse staffing, and staff turnover for all nursing homes on the Care Compare website. While federal requirements state that facilities must maintain sufficient nursing staff to meet residents needs, specific guidelines are not set and state regulations vary drastically. However, CMS recently announced that this waiver will sunset on June 6, 2022, citing concerns about care quality. Arkansas also adopted a broader definition of the direct care staff whose hours count toward its new minimum staffing requirement, while Rhode Island no longer allows director of nursing hours to count toward its new minimum staffing requirement. A December 2021 study found that although minimum staffing thresholds exist, the requirements are vague and not adequate for providing seniors with an acceptable level of care. Evidence has shown that adequate staffing is closely linked to the quality of care residents receive. Nursing aides (also called nursing assistants) provide the majority of direct care in nursing homes. CMS currently posts staffing data for all facilities on the Care Compare website, including resident census data and data on the hours of care provided per resident per day. Holly Ward has worked as a geriatric nursing assistant at a nursing home in Baltimore for four years. Weve heard directly from hospitals their frustration about not being able to discharge people who are not ready to return to the community, he said. 0000006058 00000 n
CMS should immediately implement requirements for 24/7 registered nurse staffing and a full-time social worker in all nursing homes. The only resolution to the workforce crisis, which is not going to be resolved today, tomorrow, in a month, or six months for that matter, is a partnership between the administration, the legislature, providers and labor working together to put in real initiatives that will help recruit and retain workers, Hanse told Skilled Nursing News. The bad days are more likely to be those when the facility is short-staffed. In eight states, at least half of nursing facilities reported one or more staff shortage as of March 20, 2022. These states include Oregon and South Carolina. Additionally, observational data will be collected onsite using trained clinicians who will observe and record time spent on care provision, including taking care to differentiate time spent on care provision from time spent on administrative nursing. It is even more so now.". [9] Senate Bill 6346 (State of New York) (2021). But she's also looking into how the taxpayer money pouring into nursing homes, in particular those owned by private equity firms, is being spent. CMS also plans to conduct a research study, noting that resident acuity has increased in recent years, and to issue proposed regulations within one year. In some states, the minimum requirement is half the recommended level. But those state-level requirements are all lower than what the federal government recommended more than two decades ago, the last time the issue was studied. In determining what 24-hour services provide sufficient staffmeaning registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical and vocational nurses (LPNs and LVNs), and certified nurse aides (CNAs)facilities must account for individual resident assessments and plans of care, in addition to the facility assessment. Andrew Cuomo in 2021 as a way to improve nursing home transparency and hold bad actors accountable. Earlier this year, the White House outlined an ambitious plan to improve the safety and quality of nursing home care, first and foremost by establishing a federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes funded through Medicare and Medicaid. Federal law currently requires Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes to provide 24-hour licensed nursing services, which are sufficient to meet nursing needs of [their] residents and must use the services of a registered professional nurse at least 8 consecutive hours a day, seven days a week. 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