Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Long Term Care
 
CONSUMER REPORT
 
 
THIS FACILITY HAS CLOSED
 
BLUFFTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CARE CENTER
 
NURSING HOME
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
Created on: 2/25/2022
 
Posted to the Web on: 3/9/2022
 
 



Basic Information

FACILITY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Address: 303 S MAIN ST
City: BLUFFTON
Telephone: (260) 824-3210
Web Site:  
 
NAME CHANGES:
Most recent name change: N/A
Date of most recent name change: N/A
 
LICENSE INFORMATION:
  License number: 19-000264-1
  License effective date: 1/1/2021
  License expiration date: 12/31/2022
 


Administration and Staff

Administrator: BRENDA TOMSON
  Start date: 7/9/2011
 
Director of Nursing: JULIE PENROD
  Start date: 7/24/2017
 
Medical director:  
  Start date:   /  /  
 
Wound care specialist:  
  Start date:   /  /  
 
Infection preventionist: Sabra Hastreiter
  Start date:   /  /  
 


Ownership

CURENT OWNERSHIP:
 
Owning corporation: BLUFFTON HEALTH SYSTEM LLC
303 S MAIN ST
BLUFFTON IN 46714
 
Ownership type:  PROFIT
 
Officer(s): LARRY CASH
            MARTIN SCHWEINHART
            AARON GAROFOLA
            KAY JOHNSON
            DAVID DALE
            HARISH ARDESHNA
            BRENT PARSONS
            GEORGE BABCOCK
            JULIE THOMPSON
 
PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP CHANGES:
Name of previous owner: N/A
Date of last change of ownership: N/A
 


Bed Counts and Census

COMPREHENSIVE CARE BEDS:
Number of Medicaid beds (NF):                     0
Number of Medicare beds (SNF):                    13
Number of Medicare/Medicaid beds (SNF/NF):        0
Number of non-certified comprehensive care beds (State Licensed only):     0
Total number of comprehensive care beds:     13
 
RESIDENTIAL CARE BEDS:
 
Total number of residential beds:            0
 
Total number of beds in facility:            13
 
CENSUS:
Facility census:  8
As reported by the facility on: 7/6/2020 3
 
Number of comprehensive care beds occupied in this facility. 0
As reported by the facility on: 7/6/2020 3
 
Residential care beds occupied:  0
As reported by the facility on: 7/6/2020 3
 
Alzheimer Beds:  0
Alzheimer Beds Occupied:  0
As reported by the facility on:   /  /  
 
Ventilator Beds:  0
Ventilator Beds Occupied:  0
As reported by the facility on:   /  /  
 


Sprinklers and Smoke Detectors

This facility is: FULLY SPRINKLERED
 
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms: 10
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms with battery 
                    operated smoke detectors: 0
Number of comprehensive care resident rooms 
             with hard wired and/or wireless smoke detectors: 10
 
  If hard wired and/or wireless smoke detectors are provided in resident's room, do they:
    (A) Provide a visual and audible signal at the nurses'stations that attend each room? - Yes
    (B) Transmit to a central station service - Yes
    (C) Connect to the health facility's fire alarm system - Yes
 
Person completing form - EDWARD M MASON
Title of the person who completed the sprinkler, smoke detector form submitted to the ISDH. DPO
Date form completed - 3/18/2021
 


Nurse Aide Training

NURSE AIDE TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVALS:
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) approved: 6/9/2005
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) expires: 4/1/2023
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) banned: No
Nurse aide training and competency evaluation program (NATCEP) ban expires: N/A
 
CLINICAL TRAINING SITES:
This facility is a Clinical training site for the following nurse aide training (NAT) classroom sites: 
     BLUFFTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CARE CENTER
         Approved: 6/9/2005
         Terminated: N/A
 


Complaints

NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIATED COMPLAINTS: 
 
  Current year:  0
  Previous year:  0
  2 years previous:  0

 


Enforcement Actions

 
Federal Certification Actions Imposed
 
Date terminated from Medicare/Medicaid: 8/27/2021
 


Survey History


    The survey report is not posted until the report has been provided to the facility and their plan of correction submitted and approved.
    The survey report therefore will likely not be posted until four to six weeks after the exit date.
        
    In the grid below click on an event ID that is underlined to see the survey report for that event.


 
Event ID
Survey Type
Exit Date

YQWK11
Other
4/6/2021


W9IH11
Other
9/28/2020


E94L21
Recertification, Life Safety Code
8/12/2020


78G011
Other
6/12/2020


E94L12
Recertification, Follow Up, State Licensure
5/19/2020


E94L11
Recertification, State Licensure
3/13/2020


1YTJ21
Life Safety Code, Recertification
5/15/2019


1YTJ11
Recertification, State Licensure
4/17/2019


 
 


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