Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
SUNTERRA SPRINGS INDEPENDENCE
Does SUNTERRA SPRINGS INDEPENDENCE have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), SUNTERRA SPRINGS INDEPENDENCE (CCN 265864), in INDEPENDENCE, MO, has federal inspection findings on its record.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 3 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity D on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-02-10. 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: 5 · CMS state average: 2.5
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
19 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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 a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Document what happened
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