The California Department of Public Health didn't fine hospitals and nursing homes as much as they could have for health code violations and overstated an account of collected fines by nearly $10 million, an audit has found.
The California State Auditor's report released Thursday spans nearly a seven-year period and reflects a broad pattern of inattention to good accounting practices at the state department.
"We've got some fundamental issues with the department, so they need to strengthen their budget staff and accounting staff," said state auditor Elaine Howle.
Noting reports released within the last week that discovered lax reporting and flawed accounting with CDPH's Every Woman Counts program, Howle added, "We're starting to see the same problems across the department's programs."
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Audit Alleges Mismanagement at Calif. Health Department
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The state auditor Elaine Howle, should delve into guardianship accounting. Due to lax accountability of reporting and flawed audits by court clerks, she would find the same thing. I bet she'd stumble across some abuse, neglect and exploitattion too!
If the state can't review these facts at least annually, then they should bring in interns/externs from the law/accounting schools to do so.
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