Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
No actual harm, minimal potential
87 citations on record, 8 of which inspectors scored at actual harm or immediate jeopardy. Each one is the state surveyor's own finding, not our summary.
A–C
No harm, minimal potential
D–F
No harm, potential for harm
G–I
Actual harm to a resident
J–L
Immediate jeopardy
The letter also encodes how many residents were affected — isolated, a pattern, or widespread. Full explainer.
| Year | Citations | Involving harm or jeopardy |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 |
Post nurse staffing information every day.
No actual harm, minimal potential
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm
Citations are published by CMS from state survey agency findings. A citation describes what an inspector observed on a specific date; homes are required to submit a correction plan, and many findings are resolved long before you read them. Ask the administrator what happened and what changed.