BALANCED HEALTHCARE
BALANCED HEALTHCARE is a 299-bed nursing home in SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1981-08-01. It averages 259.7 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at BALANCED HEALTHCARE?
CMS lists 28 health-inspection deficiencies for BALANCED HEALTHCARE since 2021-03-05, 11 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is J; the most recent health inspection was 2026-03-26.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2024-11-07 | F0584, F0880 | 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. | E |
| 2024-11-07 | F0656, F0676, F0684, F0689, F0693 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / 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. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. | D |
| 2024-02-14 | F0600, F0689 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2023-08-24 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2022-06-30 | F0623, F0625, F0689, F0812 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / 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. | E |
| 2022-06-30 | F0550, F0604, F0679, F0684, F0690, F0758, F0761, F0885 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / 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. / 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. / Report COVID19 data to residents and families. | D |
| 2021-03-05 | F0550, F0573, F0584, F0656, F0758 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. / 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. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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. | D |
Why was BALANCED HEALTHCARE fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-14 | Fine | $98,540 |
How is BALANCED HEALTHCARE staffed?
| Measure | This facility | FL average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.84779 | 3.82350 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 34.3 | 41.4 |
| Average number of residents per day | 259.7 | 108.9 |
Who owns BALANCED HEALTHCARE?
BALANCED HEALTHCARE is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company.