Birch Pointe Health And Rehabilitation

• Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 30, 2025

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 2, 2024

• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Aug 26, 2024

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jan 15, 2024

• Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Sep 14, 2023

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Sep 14, 2023

• 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 D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Sep 14, 2023

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 17, 2021

Birch Pointe Health And Rehabilitation offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Birch Pointe Health And Rehabilitation has not published its pricing. For context, communities in Springfield that publish rates start around $3,501 per month at the median. Final costs depend on care needs and apartment selection, so contact the community for a quote.

Birch Pointe Health And Rehabilitation is located at 3705 S Jefferson Ave in Springfield, Missouri.

Reviews of Birch Pointe are sharply divided: many families praise the physical, occupational, and speech therapy teams and describe specific staff as compassionate, while a large number of other reviewers report serious concerns about understaffing, slow response times, medication errors, and neglect. The facility itself is frequently described as clean and attractive, but care consistency appears to vary widely depending on shift and department.

Birch Pointe Health And Rehabilitation had 6 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 37 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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