Champaign County Nursing Home at Medicaid's mercy
By Paul Wood
Sunday May 11, 2008
Robin Scholz
The Champaign County Nursing Home has lost up to $100,000 a month recently.
URBANA – The Champaign County Nursing Home, which will have to borrow money from the county to stay afloat, could save money by altering its mix of clients to reduce Medicaid patients – which would go against its tradition of serving the poor.
About 60 percent of its residents are on Medicaid, up from 48 percent in 2000, the first year for which Administrator Andrew Buffenbarger has census records.
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