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Survey-safe staffing means every clinician in your building — employed or contract — is fully credentialed, currently licensed, screened against the OIG exclusion list, and accounted for in your PBJ file. The federal hours-per-resident-day mandate was repealed effective February 2026. The survey tags and the Five-Star staffing measures that judge […]

Per diem LPN work means taking shifts one at a time instead of committing to a fixed schedule. You choose when and where you work, the hourly rate usually runs above staff scale, and you give up guaranteed hours and employer benefits in exchange. Whether that’s a good trade depends […]

Yes — agency and contract clinicians count toward your nursing home’s turnover rate, the same as employees. CMS puts it plainly: both are included if they work enough hours to be eligible. What decides it isn’t who signs their paycheck. It’s how many hours they worked and whether they came […]