RICHMOND, Va. — As the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) races to fill dozens of vacancies within its office responsible for overseeing nursing homes, the agency reports it has received a record number of applications from hundreds of interested candidates.
VDH’s Chief Operating Officer Christopher Lindsay presented that data to lawmakers last week during a Joint Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources Oversight meeting.
Lindsay kicked off his remarks by thanking the medical facility inspectors working in the Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC), whom he described as investigators on the “front lines” in nursing homes to ensure facilities are “providing safe and high-quality care.”…