Nevada mental health home providers put on notice after audit
Nevada health officials announced Monday that “several providers” have been put on corrective action plans a week after an audit revealed mentally ill people are living in taxpayer-funded homes filled with feces and filth.
“I am committed to correcting all deficiencies identified by the audit,” said Richard Whitley, director of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.
On Thursday, inspectors began investigating 142 homes for the mentally ill after a state audit revealed atrocious conditions, including human waste, rodents, dirty walls and mattresses, broken glass, expired medication and mildew. Whitley said no clients had to be removed because of “immediate jeopardy including health and safety risks.”
The investigation, led by the department’s Bureau of Healthcare Quality and Compliance, began a day after the state audit detailed deplorable conditions at 37 homes. Officials said state case managers were checking the homes every month, but did not note the squalid conditions.
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