Nursing Facilities’ Compliance With Federal Regulations For Reporting Allegations Of Abuse Or Neglect
In August 2014, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report (OEI-07-13-00010) addressing nursing facility compliance with federal requirements for reporting allegations of abuse or neglect and investigation results. The study included a: (1) review of policies related to reporting allegations of abuse or neglect from a sample of 250 nursing facilities; (2) review of the sampled nursing facilities’ policies and procedures related to reasonable suspicions of crimes, and (3) survey of administrators from the sampled nursing facilities . . .
