Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 2:08:33 GMT -6
BOISE – Idaho’s state agency responsible for inspecting and certifying hospitals and other health care facilities still has a backlog – even after four surveyor positions were added last year.
“It seems like we’re not making the progress I was hoping for,” Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, told Health and Welfare official Tamara Prisock on Wednesday morning.
“I wish I could report that we have made more progress too,” responded Prisock, who is licensing and certification division administrator.
The four new surveyors were hired in July, she said.
Continued at www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/20/idaho-still-has-backlog-in-nursing-home-inspection/ .
“It seems like we’re not making the progress I was hoping for,” Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, told Health and Welfare official Tamara Prisock on Wednesday morning.
“I wish I could report that we have made more progress too,” responded Prisock, who is licensing and certification division administrator.
The four new surveyors were hired in July, she said.
Continued at www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/20/idaho-still-has-backlog-in-nursing-home-inspection/ .