HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE
HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE is a 160-bed nursing home in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1994-11-23. It averages 147.0 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE?
CMS lists 48 health-inspection deficiencies for HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE since 2021-03-16, 17 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 2026-05-01.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2026-01-02 | F0550 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D |
| 2025-12-18 | F0551 | Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights. | D |
| 2025-03-14 | F0725, F0804, F0812 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2025-03-14 | F0623, F0625, F0679, F0689, F0692, F0695, F0790, F0880 | 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. / 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 enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2025-01-09 | F0554 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D |
| 2024-11-08 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2023-09-20 | F0755 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| 2023-07-21 | F0689, F0692 | 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. | G |
| 2023-07-21 | F0800, F0814, F0838 | Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. / Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. / Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies. | F |
| 2023-07-21 | F0550, F0578, F0607, F0679, F0756, F0847, F0848, F0867, F0880, F0881, F0883 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / 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 activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. / Provide a neutral and fair arbitration process and agree to arbitrator and venue. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | E |
| 2023-07-21 | F0553, F0580, F0623, F0625, F0656, F0688, F0698, F0740, F0744, F0745, F0758, F0759 | Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / 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. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia. / Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. / 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 medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| 2021-03-16 | F0679, F0761 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / 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 |
| 2021-03-16 | 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 |
How is HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE staffed relative to the MO average?
| Measure | This facility | MO average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 2.61661 | 3.43324 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 37.9 | 56.0 |
| Average number of residents per day | 147.0 | 73.0 |
Who owns HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE, and what chain is it in?
HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name 10425 OPCO LLC and belongs to the OPCO SKILLED MANAGEMENT chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | EL DORADO NURSING AND REHABILITATION LLC | since 12/12/2022 |
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | CALIBER ADVISORS LLC, CRESTVIEW TRUST, FIRST SWEETZER HOLDINGS LLC, HATTERAS INVESTMENTS LLC, RIMPAU HOLDINGS TRUST, SASEM INVESTMENTS LLC | since 12/12/2022 |
| 5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTEREST | 10425 CHESTNUT DRIVE MO, LLC, EMERALD PROPERTY PARTNERS LLC, GIBRALTAR TRUST, MONTGOMERY SKY TRUST, OZARK HEALTHCARE REALTY LLC | since 12/12/2022 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | GARETZ, DAVID, SANDERS, KAYATANA, TADAKAMALLA, SRINATH | since 01/01/2025 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | HAGINS, ELIZABETH, KAPLAN, ESTHER, KAPLAN, MORDECHAI, KAPLAN, MOSHA, STERNSHEIN, JENNIFER, UNGER, JEFFREY, ZIMMERMAN, CAROLINE | since 05/16/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | 10425 CHESTNUT DRIVE MO, LLC, EMERALD PROPERTY PARTNERS LLC, ESDOV INVESTMENTS LLC, FIRST SWEETZER HOLDINGS LLC, GIBRALTAR TRUST, HATTERAS INVESTMENTS LLC, JUBILEE MASTER HOLDINGS LLC, MONTGOMERY SKY TRUST, OZARK HEALTHCARE REALTY LLC, SANDERS, KAYATANA, TADAKAMALLA, SRINATH | since 01/01/2025 |
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