GAO: State surveyors miss nursing home deficiencies
Friday, May 16th, 2008.
New York, NY - State inspectors often fail to cite serious deficiencies, including malnutrition, bedsores and abuse, in their annual inspections of facilities, a Government Accountability Office report found.
They had missed at least one serious deficiency in 15% of the inspections checked by federal officials during fiscal years 2002 through 2007, according to the GAO report, which was released Thursday. In nine states, inspectors missed problems in more than 25% of the surveys analyzed.
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