Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS
Does HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HERITAGE MANOR OF OPELOUSAS (CCN 195321), in OPELOUSAS, LA, has federal inspection findings on its record. In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 4 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity D. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $66,824 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own. Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly. 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 federal regulators; 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
CMS has $66,824 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
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.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$66,824
CMS has $66,824 in civil money penalties on file against this facility. CMS also records 14 day(s) of payment denial.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 3 · CMS state average: 2.5
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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.
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.
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
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.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
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.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
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.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Document what happened
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