State nursing home inspectors have cut their backlog of past-due inspections by roughly a third over the past year and have a new plan to clear the remaining 140 overdue exams by the end of next year.
Last November, inspections were past due for more than 200 of the 289 nursing homes the Virginia Department of Health surveys to ensure they meet federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid‘s certification standards.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
