ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS
ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS is a 102-bed nursing home in OVERLAND PARK, Kansas. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1989-05-24. It averages 79.6 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS?
CMS lists 55 health-inspection deficiencies for ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS since 2022-01-27, 46 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 2025-06-26.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-26 | F0725, F0880, F0881 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | F |
| 2025-06-26 | F0565, F0679, F0689, F0690 | Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | E |
| 2025-06-26 | F0553, F0554, F0558, F0628, F0637, F0657, F0677, F0684, F0686, F0695, F0756, F0757, F0849 | Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. / Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. / Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / 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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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. | D |
| 2025-01-13 | F0692 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G |
| 2024-07-03 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | G |
| 2024-03-12 | F0941, F0942 | Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. / Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. | E |
| 2023-11-29 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2023-10-19 | F0730, F0851, F0868, F0880, F0882, F0947 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | F |
| 2023-10-19 | F0584, F0585, F0761, F0812, F0920, F0921 | 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. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide at least one room set aside to use as a resident dining room and for activities, that is a good size, with good lighting, air flow and furniture. / Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | E |
| 2023-10-19 | F0623, F0625, F0655, F0689, F0692, F0756, F0758 | 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. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / 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 |
| 2023-10-19 | F0732 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C |
| 2023-08-07 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2022-01-27 | F0677, F0761 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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. | E |
| 2022-01-27 | F0582, F0686, F0695, F0755, F0758, F0849, F0880 | Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care 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. / 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. / 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 and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
Why was ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS fined 15 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | Fine | $17,940 |
| 2024-07-03 | Fine | $15,041 |
| 2023-11-20 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-11-13 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-11-06 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-10-23 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-10-17 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-10-10 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-10-02 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-09-25 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-09-18 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-09-11 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-08-28 | Fine | $4,587 |
| 2023-08-21 | Fine | $4,587 |
How is ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS staffed relative to the KS average?
| Measure | This facility | KS average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.66360 | 4.06686 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 55.6 | 48.1 |
| Average number of residents per day | 79.6 | 50.5 |
Who owns ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS, and what chain is it in?
ASPEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name OAK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE, INC. and belongs to the THE ENSIGN GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | JORGENSEN, DAVID | since 03/22/2024 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BURNAM, SOON, FITCH, CRAIG, LEWIS, CORWIN, SATO, AMI | since 03/22/2024 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | HOLLIS, JACQUELINE | since 11/19/2024 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | GEHA, CHRISTOPHER, HOLLIS, JACQUELINE | since 01/22/2025 |
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