New Jersey officials have opened an investigation into possible misconduct at nursing homes — where patients and staff account for 53% of the COVID-19 deaths in the state.
In the first few days after Grewal's office asked the public to report any leads on possible misconduct, he says more than 200 tips poured in.Is your investigation more focused on what happened after the deaths at these nursing homes — or on what factors may have contributed to these high death rates?
It's both. We have a number of theories of liability. It could be anything from consumer fraud to criminal homicide to criminal or civil false claims to regulatory violations. If people cut corners, if they put profits over patients, if they weren't adequately staffed, if there was some degree of negligence. But certainly in the handling of corpses, if there was anything that was criminal in that aspect of it as well, we're looking at that as well.
Do you think New Jersey had enough oversight over these facilities, or do you think that had there been closer monitoring, more regulation of these facilities, there may have been fewer deaths? I think it's premature for me to reach that conclusion; I think certainly that's one aspect of what we'll be looking at.
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