State Reports Huge Increase in Nursing Home Profits

State Reports Huge Increase in Nursing Home ProfitsA June 2010 report by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) reports that nursing home profits (net income) grew by 640 percent from 2003 to 2007, increasing from $70 million in 2003 to almost $448 million in 2007.The report attributes the increase to AB 1629, a 2004 law that sets Medi-Cal payments to nursing homes.

Audit Finds the Department of Public Health Isn’t Collecting Fines Against Nursing Homes for Abuse and Neglect

Audit Finds the Department of Public Health Isn’t Collecting Fines Against Nursing Homes for Abuse and NeglectOn June 17, 2010, the California State Auditor released a report blasting the Department of Public Health (DPH) for its chronic failure to collect fines imposed on nursing homes and its mismanagement of the fines it has collected.