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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 121-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Montgomery and Montgomery County, Alabama. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
4490 Virginia Loop Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
(334) 281-6826
URL: NO WEBSITE
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Blue Ridge Healthcare Montgomery Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
Fined $76,203 for substandard care
Federal government nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to penalize any health facility with a denied payment for Medicare/Medicaid services or monetary fines when the facility has been cited for serious violations of regulations and rules.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Blue Ridge Healthcare Montgomery Nursing Center for $76,203 on September 15, 2016, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on September 15, 2016, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home received five complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Alabama Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Alabama and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to implement the reporting and investigation component of the abuse and neglect Prohibition policy after becoming aware of [a resident’s] family’s allegation of neglect on March 22, 2018. Further, the facility failed to develop a policy addressing how investigations of allegations of abuse or neglect should be conducted.”
The State Survey Agency received a complaint on April 16, 2018, regarding a resident “involving a concern related to the facility’s failure to address the resident’s pain or order an x-ray following a fall in February 2018.” Along with the complaint, “the State Survey Agency received a letter from [the resident’s] family, dated March 11, 2018. This letter was addressed to both the State Survey Agency and the facility.”
The letter indicated that the resident “sustained a fall in February 2018, and the facility waited a week after constant complaints of pain to order an x-ray, which revealed a leg fracture. In the letter, the family also alleged neglect (neglectful) action had occurred.”
The state investigators interviewed the Administrator/Abuse Coordinator, who “confirmed the facility had received a copy of the letter from the resident’s family on March 22, 2018.” The coordinator confirmed that the letter indicated the family had concerns of neglect stating that “it does state the word ‘neglect.’” The Coordinator also confirmed that the allegation of neglect “should be reported but explained he had not interpreted the letter as an allegation of neglect when he read it.”
The Administrator/Abuse Coordinator stated, “true allegations of neglect should be reported to the State Survey Agency within two hours of having knowledge of the allegation [and that] an allegation of neglect [is when] someone alleges their loved one has not received something they should have.”
The Administrator stated that they had not reported the incident to the State Survey Agency as required by law and “agreed that the allegation should have been reported.” The Administrator also said that “they had not interviewed the staff who cared for him/her during the time of the concerns.” The Administrator stated that “he had not interpreted the letter as an allegation of neglect, but he probably should have.”
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Blue Ridge Healthcare Montgomery Nursing Center? Contact the Alabama nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Montgomery County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Montgomery.
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Sources:
Attorney Brian Murphy
Licensed in Alabama
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home