Louisiana should improve its oversight of nursing homes’ compliance with requirements that prohibit employment of individuals with disqualifying background checks

Louisiana should improve its oversight of nursing homes’ compliance with requirements that prohibit employment of individuals with disqualifying background checks

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Audit Services, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, November 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Criminal Behavior
Government Regulation
Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Homes -- standards
Workplace -- standards
Louisiana
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Why OIG Did This Audit. Background checks for employees are an important safety measure that can help protect some of the most vulnerable populations. Approximately 1.4 million beneficiaries reside in long-term care facilities (nursing homes), with more than half of them relying on Medicaid to pay for their long-term care. Oversight and management of nursing homes are crucial to the safety of long-term care residents. Our objective was to determine whether Louisiana ensured, for the period October 1, 2019, to June 30, 2021, that selected nursing homes in Louisiana complied with Federal requirements that prohibit the employment of individuals with disqualifying backgrounds. How OIG Did This Audit. As of May 2021, 276 nursing homes were licensed in Louisiana. We selected for our audit a judgmental sample of 9 of the 276 nursing homes based on a variety of risk factors and based on the need to select nursing homes in urban and rural settings. From the 9 nursing homes, we reviewed background checks for 209 non-licensed employees and verified the licensure status of 77 licensed employees, for a total of 286 employees. Our sample size at each nursing home varied depending on the number of employees there, but generally, we selected for review individuals who were actively employed at some point between October 1, 2019, and June 30, 2021.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (24 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918750687206676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918750687206676