NORTH END REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in BOSTON, MA was fined $27,115 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

NORTH END REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER (BOSTON, MA) — $27,115 in CMS Fines

Outcome: NORTH END REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE CENTER in BOSTON, MA was fined $27,115 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

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


• Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.


• 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.


• 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.


• 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.


• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.


• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.