Why Legislation For Nursing Home Agency Labor Must Focus on Pricing, Consider State and Finalized Federal Staffing Rules

Skilled Nursing News April 29, 2024
Amy Stulick

States like New York have modified their staffing mandate to reward nursing homes for avoiding costly staffing agencies, although operators don’t find this legislation particularly rewarding, especially now that the national minimum staffing mandate has been finalized.

Stu Almer, CEO of Gurwin Healthcare in New York, said such legislation isn’t helpful given the ongoing workforce shortage and continued operator reliance on agency staff in the state. And other sector leaders say that there simply isn’t enough labor to go around to actually benefit from this addition to the state staffing mandate.

“Where would we get the [in-house] staff from? That’s really the issue. It really doesn’t change anything unless we have a labor pool.” he said. “Legislation against agency use...

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