Failure to Provide Updated Admission Agreements After Change of Ownership
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to promptly provide updated admission agreements or contracts to all residents and/or their representatives following a change in facility ownership. Record review showed that, as of the date of ownership change, 34 residents were residing in the facility, but none received the updated admission agreement within 30 days. The Business Office Manager's job description and policy required ensuring that resident admission contracts are signed and appropriately filed, but this was not carried out in a timely manner. Interviews confirmed that residents and their representatives did not receive or sign the updated admission contracts immediately or within the required timeframe after the change of ownership. For example, a resident's guardian stated that the admission contract was not signed until months after the new ownership took effect. The Administrator also verified that none of the residents' admission contracts were provided or signed within the expected period following the ownership transition.