Blumenthal, Wyman announce sweeping reforms in nursing home regulation
Friday, February 8th, 2008.
Norwalk, CT - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Comptroller Nancy Wyman today proposed far-reaching reforms of the nursing home industry that would provide significantly stronger state financial oversight, enforcement and protection for some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable citizens.
Recent financial catastrophes involving large nursing home conglomerates in Connecticut and elsewhere, including the Haven Healthcare bankruptcy, demand reforms to protect patients, as well as taxpayers, from the impacts of those financial failings, Blumenthal and Wyman said.
The legislative package includes authorization for the comptroller to conduct forensic audits of Connecticut nursing homes – another layer of oversight that is independent of state nursing home regulators.
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