Skilled Nursing News May 22, 2024
The staffing mandate will cost the industry $5.8 billion over ten years, creating the need for an additional 101,500 FTEs nationwide, with significant costs attributed to hiring nurse aides and registered nurses (RNs), according to analysis by CliftonLarsonAllen.
In a recent webinar hosted by CliftonLarsonAllen, Deb Emerson, Principal at CLA, and Jennifer Boese, Director of Health Care Policy & Innovation at CLA, discussed the implications of the proposed and final CMS staffing rules for skilled nursing facilities, and the various details pertaining to facility assessment requirement and exemptions – and how operators can preemptively work to achieve success.
The CLA experts advised that provides review the language of the rule carefully and read the lengthy document as well oppose penalties...