Connecticut Did Not Comply With Federal & State Requirements For Critical Incidents Involving Developmentally Disabled Medicaid Beneficiaries

On May 15, 2016, the federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services issued these findings of its audit of Connecticut's procedures for reporting and monitoring critical incidents indicating potential abuse or neglect of group home residents with developmental disabilities. The OIG auditors reviewed a sample of 347 emergency room claims (for 310 visits) for 245 of the 2,555 group home residents from January 2012 through June 2014. Topics included the rate at which the incidents and injuries noted in the claims were reported to the state, and the rate at . . .