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nursing home inspections
Coverage of nursing home inspections in the Nexus archive.
- Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities
Virginia's Department of Health is reforming oversight of nursing homes following concerns over neglect and deficient care. Officials are working to adopt sanction criteria by year-end and have increased staffing efforts through hiring more inspectors and shortening training processes. Furthermore, the department has begun triaging backlogged inspections by focusing on facilities with multiple allegations.