Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
Southpoint Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Does Southpoint Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Southpoint Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (CCN 345408), in Durham, NC, has federal inspection findings on its record. CMS currently displays its federal abuse icon for this facility — a flag CMS assigns under its own published methodology for abuse-related citations (deficiency tag F600 and related).
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 8 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity E on CMS's A–L scale — CMS's "potential for harm" tier, below actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2025-04-10. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $48,523 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.
The Federal Record
CMS has flagged this facility with its federal abuse icon.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Federal abuse icon on file
CMS displays its abuse icon for facilities it has cited for resident abuse under its own published methodology (deficiency tag F600 and related). This is the government's own flag, restated here.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$48,523
CMS has $48,523 in civil money penalties on file against this facility. CMS also records 34 day(s) of payment denial.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 2.9
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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 receives an accurate assessment.
30 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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.
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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 that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Document what happened
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