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Biden-Harris Order To Link Nursing Home Medicare Payments To Staff Retention Rates

On April 18, 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration issued an executive order focused on increasing access to high-quality long-term care and supporting caregivers of people needing long-term care. A key provision calls on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to link Medicare payments to skilled nursing facility (SNF) and nursing home staff retention rates. The provision builds on existing CMS monitoring of SNF staffing standards.

CMS has been monitoring SNF staffing as an indicator of the quality of SNF services …

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