Skilled Nursing News September 10, 2024
An ongoing depletion of knowledgeable nursing staff at nursing homes, such as the Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinators, is leading to errors and confusion with facility surveys and ratings. This, in turn, is impacting operations and the ability to acquire and improve distressed facilities.
A high turnover among those close to the survey process is causing a process breakdown among nursing home operators, as newly hired MDS coordinators, for example, struggle to keep up while learning the RAI manual at the same time. Given this situation, as large operators seek to save and revamp nursing homes on the Special Focus Facility (SFF) list, they are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide some concessions through changes...
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