CMS Nursing Home Staffing Campaign implementation
CMS is implementing a national Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to recruit nurses into nursing homes and state inspection agencies through incentives, training pathways, state collaboration, and career outreach.
Federal · Implementing · No date set
What it is
- What changed
- CMS is implementing a national staffing campaign with nurse financial incentives, enhanced CNA training pathways, a nurse recruitment webpage, collaboration with states, and financial incentive administrators to support RN/LPN recruitment into nursing homes and state inspection agencies.
- Why it matters
- Staffing is a core quality signal for families; implementation details affect whether workforce supports reach facilities and state inspectors that protect residents' health and safety.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, Paid care workers, Care providers and plans, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complynursing home residents, family caregivers, paid caregivers, nursing home workers, state survey agencies
- What it does
- Requires something of providers, companies or agencies
Sources
Last reviewed Jul 4, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.