Inspection Results » Harmon Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility

  1. Health Inspection on August 29, 2018 [1]

    1. Widespread: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
    2. Pattern: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, residentÂ’s preferences and goals. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
    3. Isolated: No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy
      • Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • 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 2018-10-28)
      • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Corrected 2018-10-28)
      • Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Corrected 2018-10-28)

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]

About The Inspection Process


References

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