Compiled from official CMS federal data
GIG HARBOR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, GIG HARBOR, WA — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does GIG HARBOR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), GIG HARBOR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION (CCN 505436), in GIG HARBOR, WA, has federal inspection findings. CMS currently displays its federal abuse icon for this facility — a flag CMS assigns under its own published methodology for abuse-related citations (deficiency tag F600 and related).
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 40 deficiencies; the most severe is rated G, a level CMS classifies as actual harm. The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2025-12-09. Earlier-cycle citations appear in the dated timeline below as historical, not current. CMS has $134,478 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. The record also includes 14 abuse- or neglect-related citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series; most recent Apr 2026). This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own.
Abuse-, fall-, and care-related findings on the federal record
- 14 citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series) — most recent Apr 2026.
- 4 citations for accident hazards or inadequate supervision (F689) — the deficiency family behind fall-related findings; most recent Dec 2025.
- 1 pressure-ulcer care citation (F686) — the consumer term is "bedsores"; most recent Feb 2024.
- 3 nutrition and hydration citations (F692) — the consumer terms are "malnutrition" and "dehydration"; most recent Dec 2025.
- 26 findings on file from complaint-triggered inspections.
Every figure above restates CMS’s own dated record; this page draws no conclusion of its own. Strict state filing deadlines can apply to nursing-home injury claims — a licensed attorney in your state can review this record.
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The Federal Record
CMS displays its federal abuse icon on this facility's official record.
Below is this facility's federal inspection record as on file with CMS.
Federal abuse icon on file
CMS displays this icon for facilities it has cited for resident abuse under its own published methodology — the government's own flag, restated here.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
Civil money penalties on file
$134,478
CMS also records 68 days of payment denial.
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About this record: Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
Deficiency timeline
Citations are listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically; each entry is labeled current-cycle or historical.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
57 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 7 · Accidents & supervision 1 · Nutrition & hydration 1 · Medication & pharmacy 7 · Resident rights 6 · Other citations 31 (expand)
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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.
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.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.3
Both figures as published by CMS.
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How to read this record
Making sense of a CMS inspection record
CMS scores every citation on a grid from A to L, combining how widespread a finding was with how serious it was. A–C is a deficiency CMS classifies as no harm; D–F as the potential for harm; G–I as actual harm that reached a resident; and J–L as immediate jeopardy, CMS’s most serious level. Later letters mark more serious findings.
Three questions to ask on a tour
- How is the home staffed on nights, weekends, and holidays?
- What happens when a resident’s condition changes suddenly?
- How, and how quickly, are families told about an incident?