Work with the owners, lenders, operators, and management agents (as applicable) to develop and implement an action plan for potentially troubled and troubled nursing homes. Each plan should include an analysis of the root causes of that nursing home’s challenges and define specific and measureable steps that address the root causes. Each step should have a defined completion date.
2018-BO-0001 | September 16, 2018
HUD’s Office of Residential Care Facilities Did Not Always Have and Use Financial Information to Adequately Assess and Monitor Nursing Homes
Housing
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on December 10, 2019
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-BOpenClosed$41,435,357Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Closed on March 04, 2021Implement the action plan for the four defaulted nursing homes to protect HUD’s investment of $41,435,357. This amount represents the collective funds put to better use for these nursing homes. Appendix E lists the funds to be put to better use by nursing home
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-COpenClosedClosed on December 10, 2019
Develop and implement policies and procedures to address delinquent or defaulted mortgages that would not benefit from refinancing.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-DOpenClosedClosed on November 19, 2019
Refer regulatory agreement violations to the Departmental Enforcement Center within 30 days of HUD having identified it and work with the Departmental Enforcement Center to develop a plan for resolving the violation. Any revisions to the plan must be accepted by the Departmental Enforcement Center.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-EOpenClosedClosed on August 19, 2019
Review and revise the policies and procedures for making partial payments of claims to check that each decision to make a partial payment of claim ensures that the payment restores the subject nursing home to financial viability to avoid a repeat of the situation that led to the loss on Hebrew Home.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-FOpenClosed$8,974,000Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Closed on January 05, 2024Require Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home to provide support for $8,974,000 paid to its related company. Any amount that the owner cannot support as reasonable in price and necessary to the nursing home should be repaid to the nursing home.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-GOpenClosed$44,483,000Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Closed on January 05, 2024Require Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home to provide support for $44,483,000 in accounts payable. Any amount that the owner cannot support as reasonable in price and necessary to the nursing home should be removed from the accounts payable
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-HOpenClosed$7,027,289Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Closed on July 13, 2022Require the owners of Bishop Wicke Health and Rehabilitation Center, Plaza Village Senior Living, Golden Hill Health Care Center, Immanuel Campus of Care, and their related companies to reimburse the nursing homes for the ineligible expenses of $7,027,289.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-IOpenClosed$815,973Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Closed on November 19, 2019Require Shawnee Christian Nursing Center to return 27 beds to operation or pay down the mortgage by $815,973
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-JOpenClosedClosed on October 15, 2019
Define the troubled and potentially troubled classifications for nursing homes and develop specific measures to identify when and how nursing homes are classified.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-KOpenClosedClosed on October 15, 2019
Develop and implement policies and procedures to revisit the classifications at least annually.
- Status2018-BO-0001-002-AOpenClosedClosed on September 05, 2023
Develop and implement computerized controls to flag blank data fields and illogical financial data.
- Status2018-BO-0001-002-BOpenClosedClosed on September 05, 2023
Develop and implement procedures to require owners, operators, and lenders to submit accurate and complete financial data.
- Status2018-BO-0001-002-COpenClosedClosed on August 13, 2019
Develop and implement internal controls to routinely compare financial data on mortgage payments to Multifamily Delinquency and Default Reporting System data on mortgage payments and follow up on any conflicting data.
- Status2018-BO-0001-002-DOpenClosedClosed on October 15, 2019
Develop and implement procedures for referring operators who fail to provide required financial statements to the Departmental Enforcement Center.
- Status2018-BO-0001-002-EOpenClosedClosed on October 15, 2019
Develop and implement metrics to evaluate each nursing home’s financial data for changes in utilization, payments, profitability, and solvency (debt service credit ratios).
2018-PH-0002 | September 09, 2018
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-PH-0002-001-AOpenClosed$7,779,450Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Closed on July 23, 2019Require the 12 grantees to correct their action plans to ensure that they comply with program requirements and submit the corrected plans to HUD for review or require the grantees to repay HUD from non-Federal funds for any amount of the $7,779,450 they received that they cannot support.
- Status2018-PH-0002-001-BOpenClosed$1,520Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Closed on July 17, 2019Require the Housing Authority of Brevard County to repay $1,520 in ineligible escrow funds to HUD from non-Federal funds for the program participant that exceeded allowable contract terms of the FSS program.
- Status2018-PH-0002-001-COpenClosedClosed on February 13, 2020
Monitor the grantees’ efforts to improve the accuracy and completeness of the PIC program data to ensure that program outcomes reported to Congress are accurately supported.
- Status2018-PH-0002-001-DOpenClosedClosed on February 27, 2020
Develop and implement a plan to monitor grantee FSS programs, including to ensure that escrow accounts are calculated correctly.