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This long-term care center is a 102-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Newport News and Newport News City County, Virginia. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
12997 Nettles Drive
Newport News, Virginia 23602
(757) 249-8880
Newport News Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Newport News Nursing and Rehabilitation 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 $10,420 for substandard care
The federal government has the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has violated rules and regulations that have harmed or could have harmed a nursing facility resident. These penalties include denial of payment for Medicare services are an imposed a monetary fine.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Newport News Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for $10,420 on January 17, 2019, citing substandard care. The nursing home received twenty-one complaints over the last three years.
Additional information can be reviewed on the Virginia Adult Protective Services (APS) Website.
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Our attorneys review data on every long-term and intermediate care facility on Medicare.com and the Virginia Department of Public Health website.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, two 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 their abuse prohibition policy and procedures for screening of new hires.” Specifically, a review of five employee personnel files revealed that the criminal background checks for two employees “were not obtained [before] the orientation.” This failure to obtain background checks involved three Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), two Registered Nurses (RNs), and a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
The investigative team reviewed documents and noted that “some of the employee files did not contain the required screening.” The Coordinator stated that “the hire date is the date of orientation [and] that the offer of a job is contingent upon screening to include CBC and licensure/registry verification [before being] hired.”
The facility “failed to obtain orders to treat a known infection for [one resident].” Specifically, a resident’s Urine Analysis/Culture and Sensitive Report indicated a urinary tract infection that requires antibiotic therapy and isolation precautions.”
The resident “did not start treatment until eight days later.” The incident involved a resident who “requires extensive assistance from two for staff for bed mobility and transfers [and] required extensive assistance of one staff for locomotion on-and-off the unit, dressing, eating, and personal hygiene.” The resident was also totally dependent on two staff members for bathing.”
The resident’s Care Plan identified that the resident “had a urinary tract infection, and antibiotics were initiated. Isolation precautions involved an ESBL infection of the urine.” ESBL is Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamases, gram-negative bacteria that can break down commonly used antibiotics. This highly contagious disease requires contact isolation practices to ensure the bacteria does not spread throughout the facility. The effects of this highly contagious infection can be life-threatening.
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of harm, mistreatment, abuse, or neglect while living at Newport News Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Virginia nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. Our legal team represents Newport News City County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Newport News.
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