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National Transitions of Care Coalition Issues Statement on CMS Final Rule For Minimum Staffing in SNF & LTC Facilities
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NTOCC President voices concern regarding the CMS final rule for the minimum staffing mandate regarding long term care and skilled nursing facilities
TAMPA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, July 24, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The National Transitions of Care Coalition Issues Statement on CMS Final Rule For Minimum Staffing in Skilled Nursing & Long Term Care Facilities
NTOCC President voices concern regarding the CMS final rule for the minimum staffing mandate regarding long term care and skilled nursing facilities, as it is currently written. The National Transition of Care Coalition (NTOCC), is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to addressing serious issues and concerns related to transitions of care.
As a leading advocate for patient safety and quality of care, NTOCC is voicing its opposition to the recent CMS final rule for the minimum staffing mandate for long term care and skilled nursing facilities.
In September of 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule for minimum staffing in skilled nursing facilities which was finalized on April 22nd 2024.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Final Rule
CMS has finalized its total nurse staffing standard, which requires facilities to provide:
-Total nurse staffing hours: A minimum of 3.48 hours per resident day (HRPD)
-Registered nurse (RN) care: At least 0.55 hours per HRPD
-RN on-site: A registered nurse must be on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
-Medicare payments: At least 80% of Medicare payments must be allocated to staff compensation
CMS states that facilities may use any combination of nurse staff (RN, licensed practical nurse (LPN) and licensed vocational nurse (LVN), or nurse aides) to account for the additional 0.48 HPRD needed to comply with the total nurse staffing standard.
NTOCC President, Jacqueline Vance issued this statement in opposition: “Implementation of the unfunded, one-size-fits-all rule amid a historic and nationwide labor shortage threatens the displacement of nearly 300,000 nursing home residents”.
“This mandate will neither improve care, nor address the workforce crisis. Without workforce development programs or funding, a staffing mandate will not create more caregivers, improve nursing home staffing or assist the post-acute facilities to become more competitive or offer higher-paying jobs”, says Vance.
"The National Transitions of Care Coalition Board of Directors believe that this standard threatens to shut down more nursing homes, and severely limit access to care for our nation’s most vulnerable seniors, leading to unsafe transitions of care."
About the National Transition of Care Coalition
The National Transitions of Care Coalition is a 501(c)(4) dedicated to addressing a serious U.S. healthcare issue: filling the gaps that occur when patients leave one care setting and move to another care setting. These transitions include patients moving from primary care to specialty physicians; moving or transferring patients from the emergency department to intensive care or surgery; or when patients are discharged from the hospital to home, assisted living arrangements, or skilled nursing facilities.
Working in conjunction with Associate Member organizations and over 2,000 individual users and professional subscribers, NTOCC has developed tools and resources made available to everyone in the healthcare industry including providers, payors, patients and consumers.
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April 19, 2022
NTOCC Press Release
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) Announces The Release of Its Revised Care Transitions Bundle; The Seven Essential Intervention Categories, for Successful Handoffs During Transitions of Care
Care Transition Bundle Now Available at NTOCC.org
April 19, 2022 —Today, The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) announced immediate availability of the 2022 NTOCC Care Transition Bundle; The Seven Essential Intervention Categories. Originally created in 2011 in order to foster more successful transitions of care across all settings. You can now download the revised 2022 care transitions bundle here.
The 2022 Care Transitions Bundle Seven Essential Intervention Categories, revisions were driven by the ever-changing healthcare industry. NTOCC has now added an optional Appendix for healthcare professionals to download, which includes terms and explanations that maybe not have been in use as widely when the original document was created, along with a new graphic to use as a guide. The new Care Transition Bundle now has a sleek look and has been designed to be more user friendly when developing and implementing your transitions of care program and process so that you can tailor it to your specific healthcare setting.
“The NTOCC Care Transition Bundle is one of NTOCC most accessed and downloadable resources. The 2022 Care Transition Bundle brings the current issues to the forefront and will highlight for practitioners, interventions to consider in meeting todays issues surrounding improved transitions and care coordination across the healthcare continuum.,” said Dr. James Lett, President of The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC).
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The National Transitions of Care Coalition has become a thought leader on transitions of care and successful patient outcomes. The library of NTOCC tools and resources are free to use and providers and patients can download the tools on the website NTOCC.org
About the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC): NTOCC is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to addressing the serious issues and concerns related to transitions of care. NTOCC strives to meet its mission: “to raise awareness about transitions of care among healthcare professionals, government leaders, patients and caregivers to increase the quality of care, reduce medication errors and enhance clinical outcomes” with the support of its national governing board, advisors and partners’ council.
NTOCC is an independent entity and works to develop, implement and evaluate innovative, fair-balanced and high-quality learning resources for all healthcare professionals and consumers of healthcare services. Since its founding, NTOCC has created a variety of white papers and statements defining transition issues; tools to help health care professionals, patients and caregivers establish safer transitions; and resources for practitioners and policy makers to improve transitions throughout the health care system. Most of these resources are available free of charge and have been accessed extensively within the United States and globally.
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