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Six-month follow-up: Southern Nevada State Veterans Home implements four recommendations, submits past-due accounts for collection
Summary
A follow-up audit presentation said the Southern Nevada State Veterans Home has implemented four of six recommendations, submitted more than $1 million in past‑due accounts to the state controller for collection, and secured policy waivers to address accounting-software limits.
A six-month follow-up presented July 29 reported progress implementing audit recommendations at the Southern Nevada State Veterans Home. Auditors said four recommendations are fully implemented and two are partially implemented.
"Recommendation 1, to submit applicable past due debts to the State Controller for collections, is fully implemented," Audit Manager Marty Schafer said. He reported the department submitted 75 accounts with a cumulative total of over $1 million to the state controller’s office in May 2025.
The follow-up said the department received certain waivers from the State Controller’s Office to address system limitations in the Home’s accounting software, including a waiver to allow submission of bad debt after 120 days instead of the 60 days specified by statute and recognition of the specific budget account for recovered debts. Auditors said the controller’s office acknowledged software used in the nursing-home industry required flexibility and granted exemptions while requiring an accurate receivables balance at fiscal year end.
The department added Medicaid-related documents to its admission packet and increased on-site Medicaid representative coverage by one day per week; full implementation of submitting Medicaid applications at the start of admissions remains dependent on confirming that Medicaid application submission is consistently occurring at the start of the admission process.
Deputy Attorney General again flagged potential litigation related to items in the presentation and recommended members route substantive follow-up through counsel. The presentation was informational and the department’s management said it is available for further questions outside the public meeting.
