Deficiency Records for Herman Health Care Center
Updated as of August 01, 2020
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A list of the most recent deficiencies for Herman Health Care Center. The list is based on the information provided by CMS from both standard inspections and from complaints filed by residents.
| Deficiency | Type of Deficiency | Deficiency Date | Date Corrected | Resulted from a Complaint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2020-01-28 | 2020-03-14 | Y |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2019-08-06 | 2019-08-17 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2019-07-10 | 2019-08-09 | Y |
| Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. | Fire Safety | 2019-06-28 | 2019-07-26 | N |
| Establish policies and procedures for sheltering. | Fire Safety | 2019-06-28 | 2019-07-26 | N |
| List the names and contact information of those in the facility. | Fire Safety | 2019-06-28 | 2019-07-26 | N |
| Implement emergency and standby power systems. | Fire Safety | 2019-06-28 | 2019-07-26 | N |
| Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | N |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2019-04-12 | 2019-05-06 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2019-01-18 | 2019-03-12 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-11-29 | 2019-01-12 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | Health | 2018-10-11 | 2018-11-05 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-10-09 | 2018-10-22 | Y |
| 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. | Health | 2018-09-05 | 2018-09-27 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2018-07-09 | 2018-07-21 | Y |
| Establish roles under a Waiver declared by secretary. | Fire Safety | 2018-05-10 | 2018-05-24 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2018-03-23 | 2018-04-21 | N |
| 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. | Health | 2018-03-23 | 2018-04-21 | N |
| Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | Health | 2018-03-23 | 2018-04-21 | N |
| Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | Health | 2018-03-23 | 2018-04-21 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2018-03-23 | 2018-04-21 | N |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Health | 2017-12-06 | 2018-01-04 | Y |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | Health | 2017-06-30 | 2017-07-24 | Y |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident . | Health | 2017-06-28 | 2017-07-15 | Y |
| Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. | Health | 2017-04-19 | 2017-05-10 | Y |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2017-04-19 | 2017-05-10 | Y |
| Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
| Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | Health | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-21 | N |
