Stephen Guillard was CEO of several large skilled nursing facility operators including HCR ManorCare and was chairman of the Alliance for QualityNursing Home Care, a trade group that represents large for-profit nursing home companies.
Gingrich criticized the doctors, hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes who have claimed lower fees would result in a lower quality of patient care.
Glenn Turp, regional director at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said it had been warning the trust about concerns over quality of care for two years.