Posted On:
May 23, 2010
Illinois Nursing Home Fined After Inspections Find Violations
Champaign County Nursing Home has been sanctioned and hit with $50,000 in fines after inspections revealed violations earlier this year.
The Illinois Department of Public Health levied four separate $10,000 fines and one other $10,000 fine was assessed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The nursing home administrator, Andrew Buffenbarger, refused to elaborate on the circumstances behind the fines and says he expects the fines to be reduced. He further stated that once one problem was corrected, other problems were found.
Champaign county Board Chair Paul Weibel stated, however, that one of the problems involved prescription medication administration to one of the residents.
