CMS Publishes Final Rule for Minimum Staffing Standards in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Lexology May 14, 2024
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

As part of the Biden administration’s initiative to ensure safe and quality care in long-term care facilities, on May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule implementing minimum staffing standards in federally funded nursing homes. The final rule requires nursing homes to do the following:

1. Maintain enough nursing staff to provide each resident with at least 3.48 hours of care per resident per day (“Total Minimum Staffing Standard”), with at least .55 hours of care per resident per day from registered nurses (“RNs”) and at least 2.45 hours of care per resident per day from nurse aides (“NAs”) (“Individual Minimum Staffing Standards”);

2. Maintain an RN on-site 24 hours per day,...

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