Lawmakers and nursing home officials push for Medicaid rate and workforce development improvements – Center Square

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services Compromise Nursing Home Rate Reform bills would prioritize accountability and workforce development in long-term care facilities, and end the practice of overcrowding “ward-like” nursing home rooms with three or more residents. The legislation would also require greater transparency of nursing home ownership and revenue, and directly tie funding and rates to sustained nursing home performance.

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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.

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