Compiled from official CMS federal data
Medilodge of Howell, Howell, MI — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does Medilodge of Howell have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medilodge of Howell (CCN 235331), in Howell, MI, has federal inspection findings.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 16 deficiencies; the most severe is rated G, a level CMS classifies as actual harm. The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2025-12-11. Earlier-cycle citations appear in the dated timeline below as historical, not current. CMS has $71,919 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. The record also includes 4 abuse- or neglect-related citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series; most recent Dec 2025). This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own.
Abuse-, fall-, and care-related findings on the federal record
- 4 citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series) — most recent Dec 2025.
- 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 Aug 2023.
- 38 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
At its most recent federal inspection, CMS cited this facility for 1 deficiency that CMS classified as "actual harm" — its category for harm that reached a resident, above the level of risk alone.
Below is this facility's federal inspection record as on file with CMS.
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
$71,919
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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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
53 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 4 · Accidents & supervision 1 · Pressure ulcers 1 · Medication & pharmacy 7 · Resident rights 6 · Other citations 30 (expand)
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
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.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
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.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
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.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 3.2
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?