Report 2006-035 Recommendation 11 Responses

Report 2006-035: Department of Health Services: It Has Not Yet Fully Implemented Legislation Intended to Improve the Quality of Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities (Release Date: February 2007)

Recommendation #11 To: Health Services, Department of

To develop a mechanism to formally document changes, Health Services should formalize a rate change process that documents the reason for a rate change and provides a notification of the rate change to EDS.

6-Month Agency Response

Health Services reported that it has implemented a system that provides an audit trail for any facility rate change. It further stated that it has developed and implemented procedure changes in the systems programming language. (2008-406, p. 6)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

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Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.