During a state nursing home advisory board meeting in late October, VDH's Chief Operating Officer Christopher Lindsay addressed CBS 6's reporting that revealed the agency did not use $2.4 million in federal funding meant for the regulation of healthcare facilities from 2021-2023.

That figure came directly from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which gives states money to inspect and investigate nursing facilities to ensure residents receive safe, quality care in accordance with federal standards. A CMS spokesperson said Virginia "returned" the unspent federal funds.

Lindsay argued VDH did not "return" the money, because the agency never actually received the money. The reason the funding wasn't used, he said, is because VDH's nursing home oversight office was understa

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