Martine Center Rehabilitation: Fall Prevention Violation - NY
The August 25, 2025 inspection, triggered by a complaint, resulted in a deficiency citation under tag F0689, which covers the requirement that facilities protect residents from accidents. Inspectors determined that a small number of residents were affected.
CMS rated the level of harm as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the lower end of the harm scale but a designation that still signals inspectors believed something had gone wrong, or could have.
The inspection report, printed in April 2026, does not detail the specific circumstances that led to the citation. What it records is the conclusion: the facility failed to meet the standard, few residents were caught in that failure, and the harm had not yet risen to the level of serious injury, though inspectors found it plausible that it could have.
Martine Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing operates at 12 Tibbits Avenue in White Plains, a Westchester County city about 25 miles north of Manhattan. The facility provides both short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing care.
Complaint inspections are not routine. They are opened because someone, a resident, a family member, a staff member, called in a concern. The August visit was that kind of inspection, targeted rather than scheduled, sent in response to a specific allegation.
The fall prevention tag, F0689, is one of the more commonly cited deficiencies in nursing homes nationally. Falls are the leading cause of injury among nursing home residents. They result in fractures, head injuries, hospitalizations, and, in some cases, death. The standard requires that facilities identify which residents are at risk and put measures in place to reduce that risk, then actually follow through on those measures.
When inspectors cite a facility under this tag, it typically means one of a few things went wrong: the assessment of risk was incomplete, the interventions that were supposed to be in place were not, or the interventions existed on paper but were not carried out consistently. The report does not specify which failure applied here.
CMS gives facilities an opportunity to submit a plan of correction for each cited deficiency. The agency directed anyone seeking information about Martine Center's plan of correction to contact the facility or the state survey agency directly.
The inspection covered five pages before this deficiency entry, suggesting other findings may have been documented during the same visit, though this report excerpt contains only the fall prevention citation.
For the residents involved, the inspection record closes without resolution. Whether the specific risks that inspectors identified were addressed before anyone was hurt, the report does not say.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Martine Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing from 2025-08-25 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.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
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MARTINE CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING in WHITE PLAINS, NY was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 25, 2025.
Inspectors determined that a small number of residents were affected.
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.