Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
Chestnut Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC
Does Chestnut Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chestnut Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC (CCN 225303), in EAST LONGMEADOW, MA, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 9 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. 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: 3.1
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
19 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Have policies on smoking.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Document what happened
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