Biden administration imposes first-ever staff minimum for nursing homes – msn/WaPost
“The pandemic exacerbated staffing shortages in nursing homes. Poor wages and grueling working conditions put large amounts of stress on a low-wage workforce, which is made up mostly of women, minorities and immigrants. An independent study released last year by KFF, a nonprofit group specializing in health care, said around 80 percent of facilities would need to hire more staff to meet the new requirements.”
DRGs for dummies? Could the staffing minimums and new needs assessment rules lead to risk-adjusted payment for nursing home care?