ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER
ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER is a 62-bed nursing home in JESUP, Georgia. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1994-09-01. It averages 51.5 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER?
CMS lists 30 health-inspection deficiencies for ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER since 2022-06-24, 27 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2026-06-04.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | F0727 | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | F |
| 2025-08-09 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2025-08-09 | F0585, F0761 | 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 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. | F |
| 2025-08-09 | F0576, F0759, F0880 | Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2025-08-09 | F0552, F0609, F0610, F0644, F0677, F0684, F0695, F0842 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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. | D |
| 2024-07-31 | F0812, F0880 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F |
| 2024-07-31 | F0578, F0607, F0623, F0625 | 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. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / 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. | E |
| 2024-07-31 | F0657, F0700, F0755, F0758, F0760 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / 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 pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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 that residents are free from significant medication errors. | D |
| 2024-07-31 | F0732 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C |
| 2022-06-24 | F0645, F0759 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | E |
| 2022-06-24 | F0578 | 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. | D |
Why was ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-31 | Fine | $4,017 |
How is ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER staffed relative to the GA average?
| Measure | This facility | GA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 2.78217 | 3.56408 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 50.0 | 46.0 |
| Average number of residents per day | 51.5 | 90.0 |
Who owns ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER, and what chain is it in?
ALTAMAHA HEALTHCARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name AM SNF LLC and belongs to the BEACON HEALTH MANAGEMENT chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | RWC HEALTHCARE LLC | since 07/01/2016 |
| 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | PWW HEALTHCARE, LLC | since 07/01/2016 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | MUKWINDIDZA, CHIDO | since 06/01/2021 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | BEACON HEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC, WERTHEIM, BRUCE | since 07/01/2016 |
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