MULTY MEDICAL SKILLED NURSING FACILITY — Nursing Home in RIO PIEDRAS, PR

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

MULTY MEDICAL SKILLED NURSING FACILITY had 69 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (September 25, 2024).

Inspection Findings — September 25, 2024

• Inform each resident of his or her visitation rights and ensure that all visitors enjoy equal visitation privileges. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (Level D)
  Corrected — October 3, 2024
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Not prohibit or in any way discourage a resident from communicating with federal, state, or local officials. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Level C)
  Corrected — November 14, 2024
• Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Keep all essential equipment working safely. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 25, 2024
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (Level F)
  Corrected — November 9, 2024
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Protect each resident from separation (from other residents, his/her room, or confinement to his/her room). (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide appropriate foot care. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Protect a residents' right to refuse some types of non-requested transfers within the nursing home. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide immediate access to any resident. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• 1) Protect residents from being forced to work at the nursing home, or 2) let residents work if they want to. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 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. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (Level D)
  Corrected — September 25, 2024
• Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• 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. (Level F)
  Corrected — November 20, 2024
• Post nurse staffing information every day. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 29, 2024
• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (Level C)
  Corrected — October 29, 2024
• Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident. (Level C)
  Corrected — November 4, 2024
• Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs. (Level F)
  Corrected — November 4, 2024
• Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. (Level C)
  Corrected — October 1, 2024
• Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 26, 2024
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 1, 2024
• Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies. (Level C)
  Corrected — October 31, 2024
• Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility. (Level F)
  Corrected — November 20, 2024
• Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly (Level C)
  Corrected — October 1, 2024
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level F)
  Corrected — October 20, 2024
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (Level E)
  Corrected — October 25, 2024
• Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. (Level F)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024
• Have a Compliance and Ethics Program. (Level C)
  Corrected — September 30, 2024

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Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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