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This nursing center is a "non-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility providing services and cares to residents of Hutchinson and Reno County, Kansas. The 70-certified bed long-term care nursing home is located at:
810 E 30th Avenue
Hutchinson, Kansas 67502
(620) 663-1189
Good Samaritan Society - Hutchinson Village Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Good Samaritan Society - Hutchinson Village Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, assisted and independent living options, medically-complex care, respiratory care, bariatric care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, oncology care, dementia and memory care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $81,474 for substandard care
It is the legal responsibility of Kansas and the federal government investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and the denial of payment for Medicare services.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Good Samaritan Society - Hutchinson Village Nursing Center for $81,474 on March 30, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on March 30, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility received four complaints and self-reported two serious issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the State of Kansas Prevention and Protection Services Website.
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To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Kansas and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to develop written abuse, neglect, and exploitation policies which include guidance to staff in handling evidence which could be used in a criminal investigation.” This lack of policy created a failure and “how to investigate different types of alleged violations, providing room or staffing changes to protect other residents, and investigating to determine the cause of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.”
The nursing home “failed to develop and implement a policy to include training for current new staff regarding Abuse, neglect, and exploitation related to unauthorized photographs or video recordings of residents in social media networks.”
The investigators interviewed the administrative staff who revealed that “the facility had completed the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) training that included the confidentiality of resident healthcare information which included photographs/videos within the last year for each employee.”
The administrator stated that “the training was not specific to the Centers for Medicine Survey and Certification Letter.” Approximately one third of the employees working at the facility had not received appropriate training and did not attend the meeting involving abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Good Samaritan Society - Hutchinson Village Nursing Center? Contact the Kansas nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Reno County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Hutchinson.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Ruben Krisztal
Licensed in Kansas
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home