BERLIN NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in BERLIN, MD was fined $237,402 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 71 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

BERLIN NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (BERLIN, MD) — $237,402 in CMS Fines

Outcome: BERLIN NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in BERLIN, MD was fined $237,402 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 71 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.


• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.


• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.


• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.


• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.


• Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted


• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.


• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.