The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule Sept. 1, to establish minimum staffing standards for long-term care (LTC) facilities, as part of the Biden Administration’s Nursing Home Reform initiative.
The MHA supports the goal to ensure safety and quality care in long-term care facilities and applauds the administration’s efforts in this space. Enacting a one-size-fits-all, unfunded mandate to guarantee a minimum LTC staffing level will have a number of unintended consequences. The MHA submitted a comment letter in response to this proposed rule, detailing the MHA’s concerns and asking CMS not to finalize the rule as proposed.
Members with questions about the LTC Staffing Standard may contact Kelsey Ostergren at the MHA.