Kentucky-based nursing home chain Signature Healthcare cut 100 jobs at its headquarters due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced in June.
Support and leadership staffers were among the positions eliminated in the layoff. The company blamed the job cuts on the state’s refusal to provide an increase in Medicaid funding to help offset costs to purchase personal protective equipment and increase staffing levels.
“We have had to make very tough decisions that are nothing short of heartbreaking,” CEO Joe Steier III said.
From the July/August 2020 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
