Failure to Maintain Employee Health Insurance and Mismanagement of Payroll Deductions
Penalty
No penalty information released
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Summary
The governing body and owners failed to ensure effective management of the facility by not maintaining compliance with state regulations regarding employee health insurance. Interviews with the Assistant Director of Nursing and a Registered Nurse Supervisor revealed that although money was being deducted from staff paychecks for health insurance premiums, the insurance had actually been cancelled due to non-payment by the facility. Staff were unaware of the cancellation and did not know where the deducted funds were going. Facility records confirmed that deductions continued for several months after the insurance was cancelled, and the Director of Nursing was unable to specify when payments to the insurance company had stopped.