Pines at Placerville: Medical Record Accuracy Violations - CA
The complaint inspection, which covered a small number of residents, produced a citation under F0641, the federal tag governing medical record accuracy and completeness. Inspectors determined the facility had failed to keep records that were complete and accurate, a finding CMS classified as causing minimal harm or the potential for actual harm.
The facility's policy on charting errors and omissions dates to December 2006. It does not leave room for interpretation. Accurate medical records shall be maintained. The inspection found they weren't.
Medical records in a nursing home are not administrative paperwork. They are the mechanism by which nurses, doctors, and aides communicate what has happened to a resident, what medications were given, what symptoms appeared, what changed overnight. A gap or an error in that record is a gap in what the next caregiver knows.
The citation affected few residents, according to CMS's own characterization. But "few" is not a number that appears in the inspection report, and the report does not describe which residents were affected, what was missing or wrong in their records, or how long the problem had persisted before a complaint prompted the visit.
What the report does show is that inspectors found the deficiency, traced it against a nearly two-decade-old internal policy the facility wrote for itself, and concluded the facility had not followed it.
The Pines at Placerville Healthcare Center is located at 1040 Marshall Way in Placerville, California, a foothill community in El Dorado County east of Sacramento. The August inspection was a complaint survey, meaning someone, a resident, a family member, or a staff member, contacted regulators before inspectors arrived.
CMS assigned the violation a harm level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lower end of the scale but not the bottom. It is a finding that something went wrong, or could have, for the people living there.
The facility's plan of correction is not included in the publicly available inspection document. CMS directs anyone seeking that information to contact the nursing home or the state survey agency directly.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for The Pines At Placerville Healthcare Center from 2025-08-20 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
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The Pines at Placerville Healthcare Center in Placerville, CA was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 20, 2025.
The facility's policy on charting errors and omissions dates to December 2006.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.