BLUE SPRINGS WELLNESS & REHABILITATION in BLUE SPRINGS, MO was fined $116,230 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 68 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

BLUE SPRINGS WELLNESS & REHABILITATION (BLUE SPRINGS, MO) — $116,230 in CMS Fines

Outcome: BLUE SPRINGS WELLNESS & REHABILITATION in BLUE SPRINGS, MO was fined $116,230 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 68 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.


• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.


• 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 services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.


• 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.


• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.


• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.


• Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.