(The following article is from the e-newsletter of the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. (www.canhr.org) It contains links at the bottom of the article to information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia made more easily accessible by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.)
Interested in knowing about registered nurse (RN) or weekend staffing levels at a nursing home or how often it falls below California minimum staffing requirements? Data released . . . by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can help answer these important questions and more. The data is the first installment of nursing home staffing information CMS is collecting pursuant to the Affordable Care Act that is intended to give the public a more complete and accurate picture of actual staffing levels in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes.
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