PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) – The French State, which will file a complaint against the group of private nursing homes Orpea, will request the reimbursement of public funding used irregularly to the tune of several tens of millions of euros, says the minister. in charge of Autonomy in the Sunday Journal.
“The order of magnitude is several tens of millions of euros for the period 2017-2020”, says Brigitte Bourguignon.
The announcement of the filing of a complaint on Saturday came the day after the government was given reports from the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) and the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF), which report on financial practices irregular. nL5N2VT07A
In a press release published on Saturday evening, Orpea “takes note” of the government’s decision.
“This transmission will allow us to explain ourselves in serenity, assert our rights and of course collaborate with Justice whenever necessary”, says the group accused in the book “Les Fossoyeurs”, published at the end of January, of favoring profitability on the well-being of the elderly.
“We regret that the report of the inspection mission, as well as the 177 pages (excluding supporting documents) of very detailed responses that we provided to it, have not been made public, nor made available to all the parties. The only elements that have been disclosed are indeed a pre-report presented in an overwhelming way for Orpea and not taking into account our answers”, he adds.
(Report Elizabeth Pineau)