Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
Rivers Edge Nursing and Rehab
Does Rivers Edge Nursing and Rehab have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Rivers Edge Nursing and Rehab (CCN 525321), in Muscoda, WI, 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 35 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity J on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as Immediate Jeopardy. The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2025-12-01. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $113,577 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 this icon for facilities it has cited for resident abuse under its own published methodology — the government's own flag, restated here.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
Civil money penalties on file
$113,577
CMS also records 73 days of payment denial.
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Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 3.0
Both figures as published by CMS.
Deficiency timeline
"Current cycle" is CMS's most recent inspection cycle; it can span several survey dates and is listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically. Older cycles are shown as historical.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
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.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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.
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
25 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical (expand)
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
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.
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
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.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Document what happened
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