Nursing Homes Seek Latitude on Staff Mandate, Funds to Meet It

Nursing homes are seeking lots of flexibility, forgiveness, and funding when the Biden administration implements its mandatory minimum staffing requirements for the facilities next year.

Rather than hard and fast quotas, they want flexible staffing requirements that vary based on factors like the availability of local labor, the health status of facility residents, a building’s physical layout, and the quality of care provided.

They also want forgiveness in the form of exemptions and waivers for nursing homes that can’t meet the new staffing mandates through no fault of their own.

And most of all, they want more Medicare and Medicaid ...