McKnight's November 18, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities would have to shell out $12 billion in order to comply with two staffing proposals in President Joe Biden’s social spending plan, according to the American Health Care Association.
The Build Back Better Act was passed by House lawmakers last week and is currently undergoing an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office before heading to the Senate for negotiations. Provisions that dictate staffing ratios and triple the registered nursing minimum coverage have providers particularly worried.
The first calls for the Health and Human Services secretary to conduct a study to determine the ideal minimum nurse staff-to-resident ratio for SNFs and then mandate that minimum requirement for facilities. The second provision would require SNFs to have...
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