Fact Sheets & Letters

Looking at data from the federal government, nursing homes are still facing historic job losses while other health care industries have mostly rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.

AHCA/NCAL released a survey of more than 500 nursing home providers from across the U.S. highlighting how the industry continues to face a serious labor and economic crisis, impacting access to care for vulnerable seniors.

Due to increasing labor costs and pervasive workforce shortages nationwide, CLA estimates more than 191,000 caregivers would be needed at an annual cost of $11.3 billion in order for nursing homes to meet a staffing minimum of 4.1 hours per resident day.

If nursing homes continue to gain jobs at the current, modest pace (on average 4,600 jobs per month), a potential recovery to pre-pandemic staffing levels would not take place until 2026.

AHCA/NCAL wrote the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding its forthcoming Final Healthcare Standard on COVID-19, requesting that workplace safety standards remain consistent with CDC and CMS guidelines.

AHCA/NCAL and LeadingAge write to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra outlining how to help improve vaccine booster rates among nursing home residents heading into the winter respiratory season.

With public health officials anticipating a surge of cases this fall and winter and many states not prepared for the unwinding of the PHE, AHCA/NCAL encourages HHS Secretary Becerra to extend the PHE past January 2023.

A bipartisan group of 14 federal lawmakers, led by Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2), sent a letter to CMS, requesting the agency’s support of H.R. 7744, the Building America’s Healthcare Workforce Act.