Inspection Results » Heritage Square Healthcare Center

  1. Health Inspection on February 8, 2019 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2019-03-10)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2019-03-10)
      • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (Corrected 2019-03-10)
      • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. (Corrected 2019-03-10)
      • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Corrected 2019-03-10)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (Corrected 2019-03-10)

To be part of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, nursing homes have to meet certain requirements set by Congress. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has entered into an agreement with state governments to do health inspections and fire safety inspections of these nursing homes and investigate complaints about nursing home care. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Health-Inspections.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/Inspection-Results.html