Monument Healthcare American Fork
Monument Healthcare American Fork is a 106-bed nursing home in American Fork, Utah. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1984-08-21. It averages 20.8 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Monument Healthcare American Fork?
CMS lists 59 health-inspection deficiencies for Monument Healthcare American Fork since 2022-02-28, 42 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 2025-09-04.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | F0605, F0676, F0880 | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2023-12-06 | F0684, F0689, F0692, F0867 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / 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. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | G |
| 2023-12-06 | F0550, F0582, F0584, F0600, F0609, F0610, F0656, F0676, F0725, F0801, F0803, F0804, F0805, F0806, F0809, F0812, F0838, F0924, F0947 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / 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. / 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. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. / Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. / Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / 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. / Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | E |
| 2023-12-06 | F0553, F0554, F0561, F0567, F0568, F0623, F0655, F0660, F0677, F0690, F0755, F0758, F0760, F0773, F0881 | 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. / Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. / Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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 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. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | D |
| 2023-12-06 | F0732 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C |
| 2022-02-28 | F0677, F0684 | 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. | G |
| 2022-02-28 | F0755, F0812, F0880 | 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. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2022-02-28 | F0559, F0609, F0656, F0661, F0692, F0757, F0867, F0883, F0908, F0910, F0912, F0915 | Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / 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. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. / Ensure resident rooms meet each resident's needs. / Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. / Ensure each resident room has a window to the outside that meets requirements | D |
Why was Monument Healthcare American Fork fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-06 | Fine | $35,437 |
How is Monument Healthcare American Fork staffed?
| Measure | This facility | UT average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 5.79039 | 4.07030 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 50.0 | 50.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 20.8 | 60.9 |
Who owns Monument Healthcare American Fork, and what chain is it in?
Monument Healthcare American Fork is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name GUNNISON VALLEY HOSPITAL and belongs to the MONUMENT HEALTH GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE OFFICER | MURRAY, BRIAN | since 07/01/2020 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | GUNNISON VALLEY HOSPITAL, HEALTH GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC, MONUMENT HEALTH GROUP LLC, BENNETT, TIM, CLAWSON, TRAVIS, ESPINOSA, STEPHANIE, FRAGOSO, LINDSAY, MARRIOTT, STEPHEN, OTTLEY, BRETT, ROBERTSON, BRETT, SAMUELIAN, SPENCER, SEASTRAND, JASON, WEST, CHRISTIAN, WORKMAN, DAVID | since 02/07/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | GUNNISON VALLEY HOSPITAL, HEALTH GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC, MONUMENT HEALTH GROUP LLC, MONUMENT HEALTH PROPERTIES LLC, MONUMENT REAL ESTATE AMERICAN FORK LLC, BENNETT, TIM, CLAWSON, TRAVIS, ESPINOSA, STEPHANIE, FRAGOSO, LINDSAY, MARRIOTT, STEPHEN, OTTLEY, BRETT, ROBERTSON, BRETT, SAMUELIAN, SPENCER, SEASTRAND, JASON, WEST, CHRISTIAN, WORKMAN, DAVID | since 02/07/2025 |
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