More stars mean a better level of staffing per resident. Federal law requires all nursing homes to provide enough staff to safely care for residents. However, there is no current federal standard for the best nursing home staffing levels. The staffing rating takes into account differences in the levels of residents' care needs in each nursing home.
For example, a nursing home with residents that have more health problems would be expected to have more nursing staff than a nursing home where the residents need less health care. Medicare assigned rating based on weighted score from recent health inspections.
More stars mean lower health risks. Certified nursing homes must meet standards set by the federal government to protect residents. Examples of these standards include:. State survey agencies conduct health inspections about once a year on behalf of the federal government and may inspect nursing homes more often if the nursing home is performing poorly, if there are complaints, or if the facility reported incidents.
The health inspection team consists of trained inspectors, including at least one registered nurse. Medicare assigned rating based on a select set of clinical data measures.
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