Industry Notes:
Beware Home Health, Hospice Impact Of Proposed Nursing Home Staffing Minimums
Published on Thu Oct 05, 2023
If you think nursing home staffing minimums won’t affect you, think again. A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rule aims to establish minimum Registered Nurse and Nurse Aide hours per resident day (HPRD), but not Licensed Practical Nurses/Licensed Vocational Nurses minimums. That means nursing homes will need to hire more nurses and aides and may have to reduce [...]