Healthcare DIVE August 12, 2024
People in the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) industry like to say that they’re the second most highly regulated industry in America—second only to nuclear power. Whether that’s factually correct or not, senior care operators face plenty of state and federal regulations.
One new rule may well overshadow all the others. Finalized in April 2024 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), it imposes strict staffing standards on Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care facilities. Those facilities will have to provide 3.48 daily hours of care per resident per day, including 0.55 hours of care by a registered nurse. Registered nurses must also be on hand 24/7/365 to care for residents. The American...
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