FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (November 29, 2007)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released the first ranking of the nation’s poor-performing nursing homes.
Release of the national list of facilities, identified as special focus facilities (SFFs), is expected to offer individuals, seeking long-term health care services, and their families powerful new information when choosing nursing homes.
“Nearly three million Americans, most of who are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, depend on the nation’s 16,000 nursing homes at some point during each year to provide life-saving care,” said CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems. “Release of this national list of special focus facilities reinforces CMS’ commitment to provide beneficiaries and their families the information they need when making long-term care choices.”
Release of the list was prompted by the number of facilities that were consistently providing poor quality of care, yet were periodically instituting enough improvement that they would pass one survey only to fail the next (for many of the same problems as before). Such facilities with a “yo-yo” compliance history rarely addressed underlying systemic problems that were giving rise to repeated cycles of serious deficiencies.
Once a facility is selected as an SFF, the state survey agency conducts twice the number of standard surveys and will apply progressive enforcement until the nursing home either (a) significantly improves and is no longer identified as an SFF, (b) is granted additional time due to promising developments, or (c) is terminated from Medicare and/or Medicaid. CMS and the state can more quickly terminate a facility that is placing residents in immediate jeopardy.
The CMS policy of progressive enforcement means that any nursing home, not just those identified as an SFF, that reveals a pattern of persistent poor quality is subject to increasingly stringent enforcement action. If problems continue, the severity of penalties will increase over time, ranging from civil monetary penalties, denial of payment for new admissions and, ultimately, removal from Medicare and/or Medicaid.
As of October 2007, there were 128 SFFs, out of about 16,000 active nursing homes. The number of SFFs in each state varies according to the number of nursing homes in the state. These nursing homes, at the time of their selection as an SFF, had survey results that were among the poorest five or 10 percent in each state.
Today’s list includes 54 facilities that are at the top of the poorest performers in those states and among those facilities that have failed to improve significantly.
Typically, these facilities achieve improved survey results after being selected for the initiative. The CMS data indicate that about 50 percent of the nursing homes identified as SFFs significantly improve their quality of care within 24-30 months, while about 16 percent are terminated from Medicare and Medicaid.
In addition to publishing the list of SFFs, CMS is taking many other steps to improve the quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes including a new program that will make the payment system more sensitive to quality improvements; developing new, more stringent systems for criminal background checks on facility workers and applicants; unprecedented focus on preventing catastrophic pressure ulcers in nursing home residents; and improving the state survey process.
“CMS’ effort to identify poor performing nursing homes is intended to promote more rapid and substantial improvement in the quality of care in identified nursing homes and end the pattern of repeated cycles of non-compliance,” Weems noted.
Special Focus Facilities Not Showing Significant Improvement |
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Region | Facility Name | Address | City, State, Zip | Phone Number | Most Recent Survey | Months as SFF |
4 | Eastview Health Care Center | 7755 Fourth Avenue South | Birmingham, AL 35206 | (205) 833-0146 | 9/27/2007 | 9 |
4 | Woodley Manor Health & Rehabilitation | 3312 Woodley Road | Montgomery, AL 36116 | (334) 288-2780 | 5/25/2007 | 9 |
6 | Benson's Nursing Home Inc. | 1315 South Hutchinson Street | Nashville, AR 71852 | (870) 845-4933 | 4/5/2007 | 9 |
9 | Yuba City Care Center | 1220 Plumas Street | Yuba City, CA 95991 | (530) 671-0550 | 6/21/2007 | 6 |
8 | Eagle Ridge At Grand Valley | 2425 Teller Avenue | Grand Junction, CO 81501 | (970) 243-3381 | 7/11/2007 | 34 |
8 | Kindred Healthcare & Rehab Ctr Of Northglenn | 401 Malley Drive | Northglenn, CO 80233 | (303) 452-4700 | 9/13/2007 | 34 |
1 | Wethersfield Health Care Ctr | 341 Jordan Lane | Wethersfield, CT 6109 | (860) 563-0101 | 7/31/2007 | 34 |
3 | Carolyn Boone Lewis Health Care Center | 1380 Southern Ave Se | Washington, DC 20032 | (202) 279-5880 | 6/8/2007 | 34 |
4 | Apollo Health & Rehab Ctr | 1000 24th St N | Saint Petersburg, FL 33713 | (727) 323-4711 | 8/2/2007 | 9 |
4 | Key West Convalescent Center | 5860 W Junior College Road | Key West, FL 33040 | (305) 296-2459 | 5/24/2007 | 34 |
4 | Palms Rehabilitation And Nursing Center | 3370 NW 47th Terrace | Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319 | (954) 733-0655 | 7/19/2007 | 13 |
4 | Laurel Baye Hc Of Lake Lanier | 2451 Peachtree Industrial Blvd | Buford, GA 30518 | (770) 614-2800 | 7/11/2007 | 11 |
4 | Place At Augusta, The | 820 Stevens Creek R0ad | Augusta, GA 30907 | (706) 860-6622 | 8/1/2007 | 34 |
4 | Shoreham At Marietta | 811 Kennesaw Avenue | Marietta, GA 30060 | (770) 422-2451 | 3/14/2007 | 21 |
9 | Leahi Hospital | 3675 Kilauea Avenue | Honolulu, HI 96816 | (808) 733-8000 | 1/26/2007 | 13 |
7 | Blair House | 1212 Indian Hills Drive | Burlington, IA 52601 | (319) 752-4100 | 3/14/2007 | 34 |
10 | Gooding Rehab & Living Ctr | 1220 Montana St | Gooding, ID 83330 | (208) 934-5601 | 9/20/2007 | 34 |
5 | Berkshire Nursing & Rehab Center | 8200 West Roosevelt Road | Forest Park, IL 60130 | (708) 488-9850 | 5/15/2007 | 17 |
5 | Hillcrest Centre For Health And Rehabilitation | 203 Sparks Avenue | Jeffersonville, IN 47130 | (812) 283-7918 | 8/16/2007 | 7 |
5 | Valparaiso Care And Rehabilitation Center | 606 Wall St | Valparaiso, IN 46383 | (219) 464-4976 | 6/27/2007 | 34 |
7 | Atchison Senior Village | 1419 N 6th St | Atchison, KS 66002 | (913) 367-1905 | 1/11/2007 | 34 |
7 | Ottawa Retirement Village | 1100 W 15th St | Ottawa, KS 66067 | (785) 242-5399 | 5/16/2007 | 29 |
6 | Lake Providence Subacute Rehab | 5976 Hwy 65 North | Lake Providence, LA 71254 | (318) 559-4050 | 4/26/2007 | 9 |
6 | Plaquemine Caring Llc | 59215 River West Drive | Plaquemine, LA 70764 | (225) 687-0240 | 5/8/2007 | 9 |
1 | Cedar Hill Health Care Center | 49 Thomas Patten Drive | Randolph, MA 2368 | (781) 961-1160 | 8/13/2007 | 9 |
1 | Milton Health Care | 1200 Brush Hill Road | Milton, MA 2186 | (617) 333-0600 | 7/17/2007 | 9 |
5 | Golden Valley Rehabilitation And Care Center | 7505 Country Club Drive | Golden Valley, MN 55427 | (763) 545-0416 | 6/15/2007 | 8 |
5 | Mcintosh Manor | 700 Northeast Riverside Avenue | Mcintosh, MN 56556 | (218) 563-2715 | 5/18/2007 | 34 |
7 | Senior Estates | 2323 Swope Parkway | Kansas City, MO 64130 | (816) 924-1122 | 9/18/2006 | 19 |
7 | St Elizabeth Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center | 11400 Mehl Avenue | Florissant, MO 63033 | (314) 741-3525 | 4/20/2007 | 19 |
7 | West Village Manor | 1201 Hunt Avenue | Columbia, MO 65202 | (573) 449-1448 | 2/1/2007 | 19 |
4 | Hinds County Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr Llc | 3454 Albermarle Rd | Jackson, MS 39213 | (601) 362-5394 | 3/1/2007 | 18 |
8 | Evergreen Missoula Health & Rehab | 3018 Rattlesnake Dr | Missoula, MT 59802 | (406) 549-0988 | 7/23/2007 | 34 |
4 | Sunbridge Care & Rehab/Triad | 707 North Elm Street | High Point, NC 27262 | (336) 885-0141 | 1/18/2007 | 34 |
2 | Victoria Health Care Center | 40 Freneau Avenue | Matawan, NJ 7747 | (732) 765-5600 | 7/23/2007 | 10 |
6 | Fort Bayard Medical Center | 100 Calle El Centro | Fort Bayard, NM 88036 | (505) 537-3302 | 5/18/2007 | 34 |
9 | Evergreen Mountainview Health | 201 Koontz Lane | Carson City, NV 89701 | (775) 883-3622 | 4/27/2007 | 34 |
2 | Vivian Teal Howard Rhcf | 116 East Castle Street | Syracuse, NY 13205 | (315) 475-1641 | 1/31/2007 | 13 |
6 | Northwest Nursing Center | 2801 Northwest 61st Street | Oklahoma City, OK 73112 | (405) 842-6601 | 4/12/2007 | 12 |
6 | Pawhuska Nursing Home, Llc | 1228 South Pecan | Pawhuska, OK 74056 | (918) 287-3940 | 4/19/2007 | 34 |
3 | Ashton Hall Nursing And Rehab | 2109 Red Lion Road | Philadelphia, PA 19115 | (215) 673-7000 | 9/19/2007 | 34 |
3 | Brighten At Broomall | 43 Church Lane | Broomall, PA 19008 | (610) 356-3003 | 7/12/2007 | 17 |
4 | Magnolia Manor - Moncks Corner | 505 South Live Oak Drive | Moncks Corner, SC 29461 | (843) 761-8368 | 7/18/2007 | 34 |
4 | Ridgeview Manor Nursing Facility | 1645 Ridge Road | Hopkins, SC 29061 | (803) 776-3873 | 2/14/2007 | 34 |
8 | Aberdeen Healthcare Center | 1700 North Highway 281 | Aberdeen, SD 57401 | (605) 225-7315 | 6/27/2007 | 5 |
8 | Bennett County Hospital And Nursing Home | 102 Major Allen, Po Box 70-D | Martin, SD 57551 | (605) 685-6586 | 8/9/2007 | 5 |
4 | Overton Park Health Care Center | 131 N Tucker | Memphis, TN 38104 | (901) 726-5600 | 5/2/2007 | 9 |
6 | Taylor Care Center | 212 E Lake Dr | Taylor, TX 76574 | (512) 352-2700 | 3/7/2007 | 9 |
3 | Ruxton Health Of Woodbridge | 14906 Jefferson Davis Highway | Woodbridge, VA 22191 | (703) 491-6167 | 8/15/2007 | 18 |
10 | Evergreen Centralia Health & R | 1015 Long Road | Centralia, WA 98531 | (360) 736-3381 | 9/11/2007 | 5 |
10 | Franklin Hills Health & Rehab | North 6021 Lidgerwood | Spokane, WA 99207 | (509) 489-3323 | 4/13/2007 | 17 |
10 | Frontier Rehab & Extended Care | 1500 3rd Avenue | Longview, WA 98632 | (360) 423-8800 | 3/23/2007 | 34 |
5 | Luther Home | 831 Pine Beach Rd | Marinette, WI 54143 | (715) 732-0155 | 4/26/2007 | 34 |
5 | Willows Nursing And Rehabilitation | 41 Rickel Rd | Sun Prairie, WI 53590 | (608) 837-8529 | 9/20/2007 | 10 |
In addition to consulting the CMS list of SFFs [shown above and] found on http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ CertificationandComplianc/ 12_NHs.asp#TopOfPage, beneficiaries and their families looking for a nursing home should take other steps including: