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CMS use of data on nursing home staffing: progress and opportunities to do more
CMS use of data on nursing home staffing: progress and opportunities to do more
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Report in brief (United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General)
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, March 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Government Regulation
Health Workforce -- legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Homes -- standards
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why OIG Did This Review. This review focuses on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) use of data on nursing home staffing from April 2018 through March 2019— before the COVID-19 pandemic. We also noted recent CMS actions through December 2020. Since November 2016, CMS has required nursing homes to submit payroll-based staffing data, including data on nurses and non-nurses. In April 2018, CMS began updating staffing measures on Nursing Home Compare, a public website, with these staffing data. In December 2020, CMS replaced Nursing Home Compare with a new website called Care Compare. Care Compare includes the same staffing information that had been found on Nursing Home Compare. Specifically, consumers can search nursing homes on the basis of location and compare quality of care and staffing. The usefulness of this information to consumers depends on the extent to which it is complete and accurate. Further, CMS also works with State survey agencies to monitor nursing home compliance with Federal requirements, including those for staffing. How OIG Did This Review. We analyzed staffing information reported by nursing homes, conducted in-depth interviews with subject-matter experts at CMS, and reviewed CMS documentation. We also surveyed State survey agencies to understand how CMS works with them to monitor compliance with requirements for nursing home staffing and to identify any gaps in oversight of nursing home staffing.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (43 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918383969806676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383969806676