Medicaid cuts in one particular state’s budget causes fear in how it will affect their staffing size in the upcoming years. Since Medicaid helps fund nursing homes, close to a million dollars in cuts for these facilities means cutting staff positions, which is the last thing the nursing homes want to do. However, it is looking like a possibility for next year.
One administrator at a medical care facility is trying to ease the nerves of some patients by reassuring the quality of care each patient will receive. Nevertheless, she says theses changes are, “going to be a drastic cut in a lot of levels of care in our facility.” For more on this story, read here.
