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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Low Medicaid reimbursement rates are causing nurses in Colorado to seek higher-paying jobs, leaving families in vulnerable positions, according to a new report.
“We've had nurses that will stay two weeks, and they'll leave. Or we've had nurses that we want to leave,” said Schiller.A new analysis done on behalf of the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado shows the state has some of the lowest reimbursement rates for private care nurses. “It's really difficult to attract and recruit those nurses when we're competing against other settings that can offer better rates,” said Brent Hogue, area vice president for Maxim Healthcare Services. “Nurses have so many options. There's a caregiver shortage, that the nurses have so many options. And our ability to attract and retain the caregivers for this setting really relies on better rates in the state of Colorado.
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