RIO GRANDE CITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in RIO GRANDE CITY, TX was fined $13,514 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

RIO GRANDE CITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (RIO GRANDE CITY, TX) — $13,514 in CMS Fines

Outcome: RIO GRANDE CITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER in RIO GRANDE CITY, TX was fined $13,514 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.


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


• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.


• 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 the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.


• Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.


• 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.