The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Quality & Safety Memo, outlining changes to nursing home staffing information on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website. Starting January 2022, weekend staffing levels and staff turnover percentages will be posted for each nursing home. These metrics will be incorporated into the Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System in July 2022. Additionally, CMS will post employee-level staffing data for all nursing homes. Nursing homes are reminded to link employee identifiers when changing facility staffing data systems to ensure accurate turnover measures. Non-compliance may result in artificially inflated staff turnover measures, negatively impacting performance ratings.

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