An Oregon nursing home is set to close following four serious regulatory violations in recent months that led to a $260,000 fine and a ban on government payments for new patients, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Oregon Health Care and Rehab Center, a 45-bed nursing home formerly known as Oregon Manor and located at 345 N. Main St., will close Aug. 1. Main Street Quarters, an adjoining 20-bed assisted living facility, will close that day as well.
From November to February, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) issued at least 10 citations to the nursing home; four were the most serious type — immediate jeopardy citations. These involved:
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Inadequate control of an outbreak of COVID-19;
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Delayed treatment of a resident with COVID-19 who died; and
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Improper treatment of a resident requiring a blood transfusion after unnecessarily being on a drug that can increase bleeding.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) fined the nursing home $260,165 and halted payments for new patients from Dec. 26–Mar. 14. It also banned the center from training nursing aides for two years.
Its executive director, Anna Johnson, cited industry workforce shortages, increased regulatory challenges, and federal staffing mandates among reasons for the center’s closure.
The nursing home has 13 residents as of this week; the assisted living facility has 14. Staff are helping them find alternative places to live. Dane County will have just 17 nursing homes following the closure — down from 21 in 2012.
The complex opened in 1975 and was bought by for-profit Oregon Healthcare in 2020.
