# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2024-05-10 · Effective 2024-06-21 · 89 FR 40876
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-08273
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 40876
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 438
- **Publication date:** 2024-05-10
- **Effective date:** 2024-06-21
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3442-F
## Abstract

This final rule establishes minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's nursing home reform initiative to ensure safe and quality care in long- term care facilities. In addition, this rule requires States to report the percent of Medicaid payments for certain Medicaid-covered institutional services that are spent on compensation for direct care workers and support staff.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08273/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-minimum-staffing-standards-for-long-term-care-facilities-and-medicaid)
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