FHCA Executive Director on Recent Funding Reductions

Recent funding reductions threaten the future of Florida’s nursing centers. The state must invest in quality care for Florida’s aging population by continuing to provide nursing center residents with the funding they deserve and need. Learn more from FHCA Executive Director Emmett Reed, who was recently interviewed on the Ed Dean Radio Show (9/11/19). Reed shares more about the growth of Florida's aging population, how 60% of Florida's nursing center residents rely on Medicaid to cover their long term care services and how centers are being reimbursed at 2016 funding rates despite costs - such as wages, technologies and other services- continue to increase. Listen here.