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BRIEF: Butler County-run nursing home sees $1M in cost savings, revenues

Hamilton Journal News - 5/22/2017

May 22--BUTLER COUNTY -- Changes at the Butler County Care Facility are bringing about cost savings and increased revenues of almost $1 million, according to a county official.

In December, commissioners had to loan another $225,000 to the facility so payroll could be met through the end of 2016. That brought the Care Facility's outstanding bill up to $750,000, just below a previous loan amount of $1.1 million.

Butler County Administrator Charlie Young said the facility's population is up five percent from 96 patients one year ago to its current 101 patients. That level will bring in about $330,000 annually if it can be sustained, he said.

The Care Facility has shaved about $10 off daily expenses per patient, which will save $365,000 annually, according to Young. And improved training for staff has resulted in higher reimbursements -- totaling $200,000.

" The trick of course is to sustain those improvements over the full year and into the future," Young said.

Butler County has siphoned Community Development Block Grant money away from the airport to pay for a new roof, chiller and parking lot at the home plus many upgrades on the building's interior.

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