'Stating that long-term care facilities that did not report deaths in the above categories 'underreported' deaths is simply not accurate,' she wrote.
Elizabeth Hertel, director of Michigan's Department of Health and Services, is disputing a pending report which found 30 percent more COVID-related deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities than previously reported.
"Michigan residents deserve to know the cost of Gov. Whitmer's disastrous policy of placing COVID-positive patients into nursing homes," Johnson said toThe state general auditor's office announced last July they were looking into reported and unreported COVID-19-related deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities per Johnson's request. The report, expect to be released on January 17, found an increase in deaths by 30 percent more than what was reported originally.
On Wednesday, Hertel released a letter referencing her"serious concerns" about the plan the general auditor's office has to combine COVID deaths from facilities required to report them, as well as those that were not required to report them.
A resident receives a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a nursing home after Israel approved it for people over 60 on January 6, 2022 in Tel Mond, Israel. Israel reports an all-time high volume of COVID cases as the Omicron variant spreads.According to Michigan, nursing homes, adult foster care facilities and homes licensed to serve at least 13 residents are expected to report COVID-19 deaths and cases.
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