Fitchburg Healthcare
For profit - Limited Liability company · 1199 John Fitch Hwy, Fitchburg, MA 01420 · See home’s Medicare page
Affiliated With Next Step Healthcare
People or companies with an ownership interest in or managerial control of this home, according to CMS data.
2.86
Nurse hours/resident/day
Reported total nurse staffing hours per resident per day.
State Average: 3.8
50.0%
Nurse turnover
The percentage of nursing staff who stopped working at the home over a 12-month period.
State Average: 47.7%
160
Certified beds
Qualifying beds in the certified provider or supplier facility.
127
Average residents/day
Average number of residents based on daily census.
Direct owners are the layer of ownership closest to the nursing home while indirect owners have a stake in the nursing home but are further removed, like a company that owns the direct owner of a home. All owners listed below are people or companies who have at least a 5% stake in the nursing home. Entities with “managerial control” are those who conduct the day-to-day operations of the nursing home.
Direct owners
Next Step Healthcare Llc (100%)
Indirect owners
No indirect owner information
Managerial control
Next Step Healthcare Llc since Sep, 2017
Managing employee(s)
Damion Dell'anno since Jan, 2020
Inspection Reports
25
total deficiencies
3
infection-related deficiencies
This home violated federal standards protecting residents from the spread of infections.
Inspection reports document deficiencies, which are nursing homes’ failures to meet care requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three standard inspection reports, as well as the last 36 months of complaint and infection-control reports.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0677
Failure to:
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0684
Failure to:
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident's preferences and goals.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0687
Failure to:
Provide appropriate foot care.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0689
Failure to:
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0690
Failure to:
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0694
Failure to:
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0698
Failure to:
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0699
Failure to:
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiency — F0727
Failure to:
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Administration Deficiency — F0772
Failure to:
Have an agreement with an approved laboratory to obtain services, if on-site laboratory services aren't provided.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiency — F0812
Failure to:
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0689
Failure to:
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity
Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0580
Failure to:
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0684
Failure to:
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident's preferences and goals.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0888
Failure to:
Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
Severity
No actual harm, with potential for minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0842
Failure to:
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0568
Failure to:
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Many people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0880
Failure to:
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0641
Failure to:
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0690
Failure to:
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Infection Control Deficiency — F0886
Failure to:
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0695
Failure to:
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0825
Failure to:
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Penalties
$29.9K
total fines
A nursing home receives a penalty, either a fine or payment suspensions, when it has a serious health citation or fails to fix a citation. Fines may be imposed once per citation or regularly until the nursing home corrects the citation. Fines not associated with inspection reports can include fines for not reporting COVID-19 data or not complying with infection-control requirements. Payment suspensions are when the government stops payments to the nursing home until an issue is fixed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three years of penalty information.