Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
BIRCHWOOD PARK REHABILITATION
Does BIRCHWOOD PARK REHABILITATION have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), BIRCHWOOD PARK REHABILITATION (CCN 495150), in VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, 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 46 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 2024-12-19. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $131,178 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. Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
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 federal regulators (CMS). Strict time limits can apply to claims like these — consider consulting a qualified attorney promptly.
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
$131,178
CMS has $131,178 in civil money penalties on file against this facility.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 3.0
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room).
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws.
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Provide training in compliance and ethics.
Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect a residents' right to refuse some types of non-requested transfers within the nursing home.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Not prohibit or in any way discourage a resident from communicating with federal, state, or local officials.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
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