Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
RIVERSTREET MANOR
Does RIVERSTREET MANOR have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), RIVERSTREET MANOR (CCN 395691), in WILKES-BARRE, PA, 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 17 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 2025-06-26. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $8,278 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
$8,278
CMS has $8,278 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.0
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
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.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Have policies on smoking.
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.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
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.
35 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
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.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Document what happened
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