Avir at Beaumont in BEAUMONT, TX was fined $52,494 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Avir at Beaumont (BEAUMONT, TX) — $52,494 in CMS Fines

Outcome: Avir at Beaumont in BEAUMONT, TX was fined $52,494 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 41 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.


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


• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.


• Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.


• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.


• 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.


• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.


• 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.