URBANA – The Champaign County Nursing Home Board of Directors could hire a St. Louis firm to either consult on the home or manage it. But one member says a layman could have come up with the suggestions offered by Management Performance Associates.
Meanwhile, the nursing home's census is dropping, board member Alan Nudo said. The state has barred new Medicare/Medicaid residents since a series of critical inspections this year, and nursing home Administrator Andrew Buffenbarger told the board the home hasn't enrolled new private-pay patients recently while he waits direction on a policy of changing the home's payor mix.
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