L.A. County Health Official Reassigned After Release of Report Criticizing Nursing Home Investigations
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Supervisor Ernest Poolean has been moved to a different position following the release of a Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller report that was critical of the department's oversight of nursing homes, according to a staff memo sent on Thursday. The audit was released last week and identified more than 3,000 ongoing investigations into nursing homes, including nearly 1,000 that have been pending for more than two years.
- "L.A. County Nursing Home Inspections Chief Reassigned" (Gorman, Kaiser Health News, 4/10).