The vast majority of US nursing homes will have to beef up their staffing levels or face new penalties under terms of a new rule announced Monday by the Biden administration.
The long-awaited mandatory minimum staffing requirement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s push to improve the quality and safety of US nursing homes after Covid-19 killed more than 200,000 residents and staff in long-term care facilities.
The rule (RIN 0938-AV25) will require all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to have 3.48 “hours per resident day” of total staffing, according ...