| Subject: | CMS Announces New Requirements for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities Posting of Nurse Staffing Information |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 10 Nov 2005 - 10:00 am |
| CMS has announced that effective December 27, 2005, Skilled Nursing Facilities, SNFs and Nursing Facilities, NFs, must, on a daily basis, at the beginning of each shift, post nurse staffing data for the licensed and unlicensed staff, i.e., registered nurses, LPN/LVNs, and certified nurses aides that are directly responsible for resident care in the facility. Facility census information must also be posted. Nursing staff totals must also be reported to the facilities state survey agency.
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