Failure to Report Alleged Misappropriation of Resident Funds
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to report an allegation of misappropriation of resident funds to the State Agency within 24 hours as required. A family member of a resident reported that shortly after the resident’s admission, he had given money to Human Resources to be placed in an account for the resident, and that a check from the resident’s previous facility was also supposed to be deposited into this account. When the family member later spoke with the Business Office Manager, he was told there was no record of the resident having a facility account or any money on file. This concern was formally documented in the facility’s Grievance Report, which stated that the family member had given the facility $140 to put into the resident’s account and that the money had disappeared. Despite this documented allegation of missing funds, a review of the State Agency’s incident reporting system showed that no incident report regarding misappropriation of this resident’s funds was submitted by the facility. In an interview, the Regional Director confirmed that the allegation of misappropriation of resident funds was not reported to the State Agency and acknowledged that the facility administrator was expected to report such allegations within 24 hours. This failure to report the allegation constituted the cited deficiency.
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