RevCycle Intelligence October 11, 2023
A 10-percentage point increase in staff turnover was associated with more health inspection citations and worse quality measures.
Higher staff turnover in nursing homes was associated with lower care quality, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed.
Staff and administrator turnover in nursing homes can disrupt continuity of care and impede relationships between residents and staff. Recent regulations from CMS have focused on improving staffing levels in nursing homes, but the agency also started measuring turnover rates in 2022 through the Nursing Home Compare tool.
Researchers used CMS data on health inspection citations and quality measures at nursing homes and turnover measures from daily staffing payroll data to determine how staff turnover impacts care quality. The study sample included...
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