Letter From Secretary Thompson to Congress Expressing Reservations With Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Ratios Report
Letter From Secretary Thompson to Congress Expressing Reservations With Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Ratios Report March 19, 2002, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final portion of a report on sufficient nurse staffing levels to Congress, but with the caveat that it will not use the report to establish staffing ratio requirements. Nine out of ten nursing homes currently do not have adequate staff to provide quality care, according to the report. In this letter to Congress, HHS Secretary Thompson expresses doubt as to the reliability of the report's conclusions and to the feasibility of . . .
