150 ORPEA ESTABLISHMENTS INSPECTED SINCE THE END OF JANUARY
PARIS (Reuters) – Orpea, accused in a book published at the end of January of favoring profitability over the well-being of the elderly, said on Friday that 150 establishments in the group had been subject to administrative inspections since that date.
“I undertake to ensure that all observations are considered with the utmost seriousness and the recommendations implemented as soon as possible”, assured in a press release Philippe Charrier, appointed CEO of Orpea following of the scandal.
The addiction care specialist has published preliminary financial indicators for 2021, with annual turnover up 5.1% in organic data last year, at 4.285 billion euros, and a gross operating surplus before rents (Ebitdar) at 1.068 billion euros, representing a margin of 24.9%.
The group has confirmed that it will publish all of its 2021 accounts by the end of April, in order to await the availability of various reports and initial conclusions of the external and independent investigations into its management, scheduled for mid-March respectively. and mid-April.
The government launched a double investigation, financial and administrative, following the publication of the book “Les Fossoyeurs” denouncing the management of several Ehpad d’Orpea.
The group, which denounces and rejects “allegations”, has for its part mandated audit firms to carry out external evaluation missions.
Following the publication of Victor Castanet’s book, but also a report by the “Cash investigation” program on the establishments of Korian, a competitor of Orpea, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, announced on Tuesday that all of the 7,500 Ehpad (accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people) in France would be checked over the next two years, as part of a plan aimed at better regulating their activity.
(written by Jean-Stéphane Brosse)