Comments to CMS
Consumer Voice strongly supports CMS's proposal to implement a minimum staffing standard and advocates to hold facilities accountable.
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In June 2021, Consumer Voice, along with other advocacy organizations, created a framework for nursing home reform post COVID-19. To address the longstanding problems in the long-term care system, as well as those exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide a baseline framework with recommendations in six critical areas that need reform:
Staffing and workforce;
Regulation and enforcement;
Ownership and management standards, transparency, and accountability for quality;
Government payment systems, financial transparency, and accountability;
Structural changes in the long-term care delivery system; and
Nursing home redesign and rebuilding.