Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
RIO HONDO SUBACUTE & NURSING CENTER
Does RIO HONDO SUBACUTE & NURSING CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), RIO HONDO SUBACUTE & NURSING CENTER (CCN 056487), in MONTEBELLO, CA, has federal inspection findings on its record. CMS also lists the facility in its Special Focus Facility program, the federal watch list CMS reserves for nursing homes with a persistent record of serious deficiencies. In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 48 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity G on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2026-02-10. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $388,586 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own. Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
The Federal Record
CMS lists this facility on its federal Special Focus Facility watch list.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with federal regulators (CMS). Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
On the federal Special Focus Facility watch list
CMS lists this facility in its Special Focus Facility program — the federal program CMS reserves for nursing homes with a persistent record of serious deficiencies.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$388,586
CMS has $388,586 in civil money penalties on file against this facility. CMS also records 53 day(s) of payment denial.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: — · CMS state average: 3.2
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
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 safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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 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.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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 residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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