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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
OMB NO. 0938-0391
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X1) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
A. BUILDING: ___________
B. WING: _______________
555701
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
07/19/2017
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SIMI HEALTHCARE CENTER
5270 E Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(EACH DEFICIENCY MUST BE PRECEDED BY FULL
REGULATORY OR LSC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION)
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INITIAL COMMENTS
F000
PROVIDER'S PLAN OF CORRECTION
(EACH CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE
CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE
DEFICIENCY)
(X5)
COMPLETE
DATE
The following reflects the findings of the
California Department of Public HealthLicensing and Certification during a Standard
Abbreviated Survey for investigation of a
complaint.
Complaint: CA00535485 - Substantiated
Representing the Department:
HFEN 22426
The inspection was limited to the investigation
of the complaint, and does not reflect the
findings of a full inspection of the facility.
F206
SS=D
POLICY TO PERMIT READMISSION
BEYOND BED-HOLD
CFR(s): 483.15(e)(1)(2)
F206
08/01/2017
(e)(1) Permitting residents to return to facility.
A facility must establish and follow a written
policy on permitting residents to return to the
facility after they are hospitalized or placed on
therapeutic leave. The policy must provide for
the following.
(i) A resident, whose hospitalization or
therapeutic leave exceeds the bed-hold period
under the State plan, returns to the facility to
their previous room if available or immediately
upon the first availability of a bed in a semiprivate room if the resident(A) Requires the services provided by the
facility; and
(B) Is eligible for Medicare skilled nursing
facility services or Medicaid nursing facility
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that
other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients . (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days
following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14
days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued
program participation.
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555701
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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
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SIMI HEALTHCARE CENTER
5270 E Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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services.
(ii) If the facility that determines that a resident
who was transferred with an expectation of
returning to the facility, cannot return to the
facility, the facility must comply with the
requirements of paragraph (c) as they apply to
discharges.
(e)(2) Readmission to a composite distinct part.
When the facility to which a resident returns is
a composite distinct part (as defined in §
483.5), the resident must be permitted to return
to an available bed in the particular location of
the composite distinct part in which he or she
resided previously. If a bed is not available in
that location at the time of return, the resident
must be given the option to return to that
location upon the first availability of a bed
there.
This REQUIREMENT is not met as evidenced
by:
Based on record review and interview, the
facility failed to permit Resident 1 to return to
the facility after Resident 1 was transferred to
an acute care hospital on 1/18/17, for
evaluation and treatment due to "right eye
blood shot."
This failure caused or occurred under
circumstances likely to cause significant
humiliation, indignity, anxiety, or other
emotional trauma Resident 1.
Findings:
A review of the facility's admission policy on
5/16/17 under "Admission, Transfer and
Discharge" indicated "the facility must permit
each resident to remain in the facility, and not
transfer or discharge unlessi) The transfer or discharge is necessary for the
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(X1) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
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555701
(X3) DATE SURVEY
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NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SIMI HEALTHCARE CENTER
5270 E Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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resident's welfare, and the resident's needs
cannot be met in the facility;
ii) The transfer or discharge is appropriate
because the resident's health has improved
sufficiently so the resident no longer needs the
services provided by the facility;
iii) The safety of individuals in the facility is
endangered;
iv) The health of individuals in the facility would
otherwise be endangered;
v) The resident has failed, after reasonable and
appropriate notice, to pay for (or to have paid
under Medicare or Medicaid) a stay at the
facility. For a resident who becomes eligible for
Medicaid after admission to the facility, the
facility may charge a resident only allowable
charges under Medicaid; or
vi) The facility ceases to operate."
Record review on 5/16/17 indicated Resident 1
was admitted to the facility during August 2016
with diagnoses including atrial fibrillation
(irregular heart beat), depression, and stroke.
The facility's Resident Transfer Record, dated
1/18/17, indicated, Resident 1 was transferred
to an acute care hospital (ER) due to "Right
eye blood shot."
A review of the acute care hospital's ER
Physician Note, dated 1/18/17 at 9:48 p.m.,
indicated it was the physician's intent was to
discharge Resident 1 to the facility, "however
the administrators they are refusing to take the
patient (Resident 1) back. The note also
indicated a "Charge Nurse spoke to the facility
at length."
Review of the ER nurses' note, dated 1/18/17
at 10:39 p.m., indicated a nurse spoke with the
facility, and the facility "stated they did not want
to accept the resident back." The ER nurse
informed the facility staff they needed to work
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
OMB NO. 0938-0391
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X1) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
A. BUILDING: ___________
B. WING: _______________
555701
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
07/19/2017
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
SIMI HEALTHCARE CENTER
5270 E Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(EACH DEFICIENCY MUST BE PRECEDED BY FULL
REGULATORY OR LSC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION)
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that out with the daughter because the
Resident 1 was cleared for discharge from the
acute care hospital.
Review of another ER nurses' note, dated
1/18/17 at 11:01 p.m., indicated the nurse
spoke with the facility's administrator, who
stated if the hospital ER send Resident 1 to the
facility, Resident 1 will not be permitted
admission.
Further review of the acute care hospital's
clinical record for Resident 1 on 1/31/17
revealed a Case Manager/Social Worker note,
dated 1/19/17 at 1:45 p.m., indicated the Case
Manager spoke with the facility, and the facility
refused to permit Resident 1 to return to the
facility.
Another Case Manager/Social Worker note,
dated 1/20/17 at 2:00 p.m., indicated Case
Manager spoke with facility's Administrator who
indicated he will not accept Resident 1 back to
the facility.
During an interview on 5/16/17 at 2:30 p.m.,
the facility's Administrator confirmed denying
Resident 1 readmission to the facility. The
Administrator stated "the management team
made an executive decision not to permit the
resident (Resident 1) back to the facility."
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