Christopher S. Brunt
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View article: Nursing Home Leadership Turnover and Its Association With Star Ratings and Consumer Satisfaction
Nursing Home Leadership Turnover and Its Association With Star Ratings and Consumer Satisfaction Open
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services incorporates a specific measure for NHA turnover into the staffing star rating. However, DON turnover is only reported as a part of the turnover of total nursing staff or registered nurse turnov…
View article: Nursing Home Staffing Expenditures and Levels are Impaired by High Medicaid Payer-Mix
Nursing Home Staffing Expenditures and Levels are Impaired by High Medicaid Payer-Mix Open
Nursing homes with a high Medicaid payer-mix face financial constraints that limit staffing levels despite allocating a larger share of revenue to staffing. As policymakers consider staffing mandates, they must address the adequacy of Medi…
View article: DO MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS IMPROVE NURSING HOME QUALITY? EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA’S MINIMUM STAFFING REGULATIONS
DO MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS IMPROVE NURSING HOME QUALITY? EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA’S MINIMUM STAFFING REGULATIONS Open
Nursing staff is a key component in providing high quality of care to nursing home (NH) residents, therefore, as of 2021, 39 states have minimum nursing staff regulations. In September of 2023, CMS announced a proposed rule for a first eve…
View article: Nursing Homes Increasingly Rely On Staffing Agencies For Direct Care Nursing
Nursing Homes Increasingly Rely On Staffing Agencies For Direct Care Nursing Open
When nursing homes experience a shortage in directly employed nursing staff, they may rely on temporary workers from staffing agencies to fill this gap. This article examines trends in the use of staffing agencies among nursing homes durin…
View article: NURSING HOME WORKFORCE CHALLENGES: INCREASED NURSING STAFF LABOR COSTS AND USE OF AGENCY STAFF FROM 2017 TO 2021
NURSING HOME WORKFORCE CHALLENGES: INCREASED NURSING STAFF LABOR COSTS AND USE OF AGENCY STAFF FROM 2017 TO 2021 Open
Nursing homes face rapidly increasing wages and change their input mix as they face workforce shortfalls. For 15,959 freestanding NHs from 2017-2021, the proportion of hours worked by agency staff and the median wage cost per hour of agenc…
View article: Physician characteristics, industry transfers, and pharmaceutical prescribing: Empirical evidence from medicare and the physician payment sunshine act
Physician characteristics, industry transfers, and pharmaceutical prescribing: Empirical evidence from medicare and the physician payment sunshine act Open
Objective To evaluate physician characteristics associated with pharmaceutical industry transfers and prescribing behavior after public reporting under the Sunshine Act . Data Sources 2014‐2016 secondary data on industry transfers to physi…
View article: Supplemental Insurance and Racial Health Disparities under Medicare Part B
Supplemental Insurance and Racial Health Disparities under Medicare Part B Open
Objective To assess the impact of preferences, socioeconomic status ( SES ), and supplemental insurance ( SI ) on racial/ethnic disparities in the probability and use of services at physicians' offices, hospitals, and emergency departments…
View article: The Effects of Antipsychotic Quality Reporting on Antipsychotic and Psychoactive Medication Use
The Effects of Antipsychotic Quality Reporting on Antipsychotic and Psychoactive Medication Use Open
Objective The objective of this study is to examine how nursing homes changed their use of antipsychotic and other psychoactive medications in response to Nursing Home Compare's initiation of publicly reporting antipsychotic use in July 20…