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Monica Plymale

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield. The state’s Medicaid reimbursement rate is considered too low by many in the health care industry.

The cost of caring for nursing home patients has skyrocketed, but Illinois’ Medicaid reimbursement hasn’t kept up

The state has essentially said “do more with less,” and we have, but there comes a point when stretching a dollar eventually tears it in two, a nursing home administrator writes.

By Monica Plymale