Audit: More Than Half Of Md. Assisted-Living Homes Not Inspected

The Maryland agency responsible for inspecting health-care facilities failed last year to conduct annual, mandatory checks at more than half of the state’s assisted-living homes, according to a new audit.

The audit by the Office of Legislative Audits found Maryland's Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) failed in fiscal 2010 to perform inspections at 53 percent of the facilities and failed to inspect more than 75 percent of care providers for the developmentally disabled

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