ONYX WELLNESS CENTER in NORRISTOWN, PA was fined $122,908 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 29 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

ONYX WELLNESS CENTER (NORRISTOWN, PA) — $122,908 in CMS Fines

Outcome: ONYX WELLNESS CENTER in NORRISTOWN, PA was fined $122,908 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 29 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.


• The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.


• 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.


• Provide appropriate foot care.


• 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.


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


• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.


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