Inspection Results » Iowa City Rehab & Health Care

  1. Health Inspection on July 26, 2018 [1]

    1. Pattern: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
    2. Isolated: Immediate jeopardy to the resident health or safety
      • Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
    3. Isolated: Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
    4. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
    5. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with residentÂ’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of schedu (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
    6. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • 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. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-08-26)
      • Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. (Corrected 2018-08-26)

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