Staffing Data Updates to Care Compare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP 
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

Have you checked your facility’s Care Compare today? The SNF/LTCs in your community or where a loved one is living? You’ll see today’s first staffing updates to Care Compare!

I’m providing a snapshot of what Care Compare staffing information looks like today for 3 randomly selected Iowa facilities:

Staffing

Higher staffing levels and lower staffing turnover in a nursing home may mean higher quality of care for residents. Staffing hours of different types of staff are reported by nursing homes, and are used to calculate a ratio of staffing hours per resident per day and the staffing turnover rate.