Office of Inspector General
Mary R. Begley, former CHFS ombudsman, has been named the cabinet's inspector general.
In January 2009, Begley joined CHFS from Ephraim McDowell Health where she served as vice president of customer and physician relations since 2006.
A registered nurse, Begley was a staff nurse with Ephraim McDowell beginning in 1976 and held various other positions with the organization, including director of marketing and community relations, education coordinator and director of critical care. Begley received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Eastern Kentucky University.
”Begley’s broad experience as a health care professional and her knowledge of facility operations will serve the Cabinet well in her new role,” said CHFS Secretary Janie Miller.
”The responsibility this office has of providing quality regulatory services for the licensing of health care facilities, day care, long-term care and child caring agencies in the commonwealth is of vital importance,” Begley said.
The Office of Inspector General regulates more than 2,200 day care facilities, almost 500 long-term care facilities and 2,550 other health facilities.
The Office of Inspector General is Kentucky's regulatory agency for licensing all health care, day care and long-term care facilities and child adoption/child-placing agencies in the commonwealth.
We are responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud, abuse, waste, mismanagement and misconduct by the cabinet's clients, employees, medical providers, vendors, contractors and subcontractors.
The Office of Inspector General also conducts special investigations into matters related to the cabinet or its programs as requested by the cabinet secretary, commissioners or office heads.
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Inspection of Long-Term Care Facilities to be Unannounced |
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All inspections of long-term care facilities performed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services are unannounced. State law prohibits anyone having knowledge of or conducting inspections of long-term care facilities from notifying or causing notice to be made to an owner, operator, licensee or representative of a licensee of any scheduled or contemplated inspection.
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