Take 5: October 2026
Five things worth your time this month: staffing ratings, payroll data and pay.
Resources
Articles on turnover and staffing in skilled nursing, with every source linked.
Read this month’s Take 5-
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How CMS counts turnover, and who it leaves out
Your turnover rate on Care Compare comes from payroll data and a few specific rules, and those rules leave out many of the new hires who leave fastest.
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Turnover and your star rating: how the staffing measure works
How CMS turns your staffing hours and turnover into a star rating, how much turnover is worth along the way, and what the rating changes.
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What one departure costs a 100-bed building
The arithmetic for a typical 100-bed building, from the most conservative figure to our fuller estimate, and how to run it with your own numbers.
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Stay conversations: what to ask, and what to do with the answers
A stay conversation is a short, private talk about what keeps someone in their job and what might not, held while there’s still time to act on what you hear.