Nursing Center Corrects Violations

Wed., Aug. 18, 1999

From Staff Reports

Pullman’s Palouse Hills Nursing Center will now be allowed to admit new residents after correcting violations of state and federal care regulations.

The state Department of Social and Health Services barred the facility from accepting new residents after an inspection. State investigators found that the center was not in compliance with Medicare and Medicaid requirements.

The home had been deficient in its quality of care and prohibited from admitting new patients on March 12, according to a DSHS press release.

Palouse Hills Nursing Center is a 48-bed home serving Medicaid, Medicare and private-pay residents. It is owned and operated by Beverly Enterprises-Hospital Facilities Corp.

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