NY State Comptroller Audits Department of Health - Enforcement of Nursing Home Violations Needed

Laurie Kash of Last Stop Advocacy Project of Rochester talks about her mother’s experience at a nursing home during the NY State Comptroller’s Press Conference on Nursing Home Reform in Albany, on February 22, 2016.

The NY State Comptroller’s Office released a 28-page audit which concludes that the State Health Department should improve enforcement of nursing home violations, fines are delayed for up to six years, and nursing homes are cited repeatedly for problems with limited consequences. “The state Department of Health (DOH) needs to fix problems and delays with how it is assessing fines to nursing homes after violations are found, according to an audit released today [Monday, February 22, 2016] by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.”

Click here to read NYS Comptroller’s Press Release and Audit

Here is an excerpt from Laurie Kash’s speech at the comptroller’s press conference. (On mobile, watch video here: http://bcove.me/lq9zbkd4)

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NY State Comptroller Audits Department of Health - Enforcement of Nursing Home Violations Needed