Citing a projected $5.5 million dollar operating deficit by 2024, continued staffing challenges and low insurance reimbursement rates, county commissioners are looking to put the Crawford County Care Center up for sale. Commissioners Friday confirmed to the Tribune the county is looking to sell the county-owned and operated nursing home to “a buyer with a proven track record of following CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and (Pennsylvania) Department of Health standards.” The 157-bed nursing home facility formally is not on the market as yet, though Crawford County Care Center administration and employees were informed of the move toward a sale this week. Commissioners have been in contact with commercial real estate broker Walker & Dunlop Inc. and will seek advertise for request for sale proposals in the coming weeks.
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