Failure to Convey Resident Funds to Estate After Death
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to convey a deceased resident's personal funds and provide a final accounting of those funds to the appropriate individual or probate jurisdiction within 30 days of the resident's death. Review of the clinical record and resident fund account showed that the resident was admitted and later expired at the facility, with a remaining account balance of $2,961.70. The account was closed, but there was no documented evidence that a final accounting was provided to the estate as required. Instead, a check was issued to the Social Security Administration rather than to the resident's estate. The Administrator confirmed in an interview that the required final accounting and transfer of funds to the estate did not occur within the specified timeframe.