Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Bach Paul David

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 1/1/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Genesis Healthcare, Inc. [GEN]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

101 EAST STATE STREET

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
COO /

(Street)

KENNETT SQUARE, PA 19348

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	463390 ⁽¹⁾	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Units of FC-GEN Operations Investment, LLC	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Class A Common Stock	372996	⁽²⁾	D
Class C Common Stock	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	Class A Common Stock	64	⁽³⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Includes 142,715 unvested restricted stock units that have not yet been paid in shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
( 2)	Each Class A Common Unit (an "OP Unit") is exchangeable, pursuant to the terms and subject to the limitations of the limited liability company operating agreement of FC-GEN Operations Investment, LLC and subject to certain adjustments, for one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.
( 3)	Represents shares of Class C Common Stock of the Issuer on an as-converted basis. Concurrently with the exchange of an OP Unit as described in footnote (2), subject to certain adjustments, one share of Class C Common Stock will automatically convert into 0.000174115 shares of Class A Common Stock.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bach Paul David 101 EAST STATE STREET KENNETT SQUARE, PA 19348			COO

Signatures
Michael Berg, Attorney-in-Fact For: Paul David Bach		1/9/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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