A new set of regulations requiring the use of enhanced barrier precautions for many nursing home patients has left providers scrambling to understand the rationale behind some standards and grappling with the potential costs, according to callers on a Tuesday Open Door Forum.
CMS will test truncated survey processes in 2024, part of an effort to make on-site inspections more efficient as the agency deals with compliance-monitoring challenges.
Officials with CMS Thursday defended their minimum staffing proposal for nursing homes as “balanced and achievable,” and provided more details on a coming program to build a pipeline of direct care staff.