Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
RIVER VIEW POST ACUTE
Does RIVER VIEW POST ACUTE have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), RIVER VIEW POST ACUTE (CCN 055011), in MODESTO, CA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 26 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity F on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-12-19. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
The Federal Record
The most recent federal inspection on file records no actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy citations for this facility.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 3 · CMS state average: 3.2
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
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.
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.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
34 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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