The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), is tasked with the oversight and administration of health and family services in the state, including managing the CMP Reinvestment Fund Program. This involves ensuring compliance and enhancing the quality of care and life for nursing home residents through the effective use of civil monetary penalties collected from non-compliant nursing homes.
The CMP Reinvestment Fund Program focuses on utilizing funds collected as civil monetary penalties from nursing homes that fail to comply with Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements. These funds are allocated towards activities that directly benefit nursing home residents by promoting their quality of care and quality of life. Specific uses of the CMP funds include supporting facilities during closure or decertification, aiding in the relocation of residents, fostering resident and family councils for quality care assurance, improving facility standards through joint training and technical assistance, enhancing staff training for better care, and investing in projects that improve residents' quality of life, encourage social interaction, reduce loneliness, and support in-person visitations.