sanction criteria

The Virginia Department of Health is working to improve its oversight of nursing home facilities, addressing deficiencies and a backlog of overdue inspections. Officials plan to adopt new sanction criteria by year-end, which would penalize facilities for repeated or similar violations on consecutive inspections. To boost resources, VDH has focused on hiring trained inspectors and adjusting the training process while receiving support for increased licensing fees.

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.