Genesis HealthCare CEO George Hager Jr. said in a recent interview that he hopes nursing homes will see “federal funding that is additive to the inadequate Medicaid funding” in 2017 — although it’s still likely to be short.
“Any additional cost in a budget that is already imbalanced is very difficult, but I do think there would be bipartisan support to offer a benefit for chronic illness,” Hager told the Philadelphia Inquirer in early January.
Hager also added that he anticipates little change to the industry under President Donald Trump.
From the February 01, 2017 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News