River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 140-bed nursing home in Washington, North Carolina. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1981-10-01. It averages 121.5 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center?
CMS lists 31 health-inspection deficiencies for River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center since 2023-04-27, 18 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 2025-08-22.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | F0726, F0880 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | J |
| 2025-08-22 | F0602, F0755, F0812 | Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2025-08-22 | F0550, F0554, F0578, F0656, F0657, F0773 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / 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 a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | D |
| 2025-07-18 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2024-07-26 | F0657, F0812 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2024-07-26 | F0690, F0761 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / 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. | D |
| 2024-06-21 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | J |
| 2023-08-04 | F0660 | Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | D |
| 2023-04-27 | F0677 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | E |
| 2023-04-27 | F0554, F0561, F0582, F0607, F0645, F0655, F0656, F0688, F0698, F0867, F0883 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / 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. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D |
| 2023-04-27 | F0888 | Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19 | C |
Why was River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center fined 2 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | Fine | $17,345 |
| 2024-06-21 | Fine | $15,646 |
How is River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
| Measure | This facility | NC average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 67.1 | 49.0 |
| Average number of residents per day | 121.5 | 86.9 |
Who owns River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and what chain is it in?
River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name TAR RIVER LTC GROUP, LLC and belongs to the PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE DIRECTOR | JOHNSON, DIANNE | since 01/01/2011 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BOICE, GALE | since 03/05/2018 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | PRINCIPLE LONG TERM CARE, INC., BARKER, JOETTA | since 01/01/2011 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | BARKER, JOETTA, BOICE, GALE, HILL, RAYMOND, HILL, ROBERT, HILL, STEPHEN, SKAHILL, STEVEN | since 01/01/2011 |
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