ANCHORAGE, AK - Federal health inspectors identified nine separate deficiencies at Centennial Post Acute during a complaint investigation concluded on December 24, 2025, including a failure to provide appropriate treatment and care consistent with physician orders and resident preferences. The facility has not submitted a plan of correction for the cited violations.
Complaint Investigation Reveals Care Quality Failures
The inspection at Centennial Post Acute was not a routine survey but a complaint-driven investigation, meaning regulators responded to specific concerns raised about conditions at the facility. Among the findings, inspectors cited the Anchorage nursing home under federal regulatory tag F0684, which addresses a facility's obligation to provide each resident with treatment and care in accordance with professional standards of practice, the comprehensive person-centered care plan, and the resident's own choices and goals.
The deficiency was classified at Scope/Severity Level E, indicating a pattern of noncompliance rather than an isolated incident. While inspectors did not document actual harm to residents, the classification confirms there was potential for more than minimal harm — a designation that signals real risk to resident well-being if the underlying issues remain unaddressed.
A pattern-level finding means the problem was not confined to a single resident or a single instance. Instead, inspectors observed the deficient practice affecting multiple residents or occurring across multiple occasions, suggesting a systemic issue within the facility's care delivery processes.
Why Treatment and Care Compliance Matters
Federal regulations under F0684 require nursing homes to ensure that each resident receives treatments and services that align with their individualized care plan. When a facility fails to follow physician orders or disregards a resident's documented preferences and goals, the consequences can be medically significant.
Deviations from prescribed treatment protocols can lead to delayed wound healing, uncontrolled pain, worsening chronic conditions, and preventable hospitalizations. For elderly residents with multiple comorbidities, even seemingly minor lapses in following care orders — such as missed repositioning schedules, incorrect medication timing, or failure to implement therapeutic interventions — can cascade into serious medical complications.
Proper care planning and execution is considered a foundational standard in skilled nursing. Facilities are expected to maintain systems that ensure orders are communicated to all relevant staff, carried out consistently, and monitored for effectiveness. The fact that inspectors found a pattern of noncompliance suggests these systems were either inadequate or not functioning as intended at Centennial Post Acute.
No Correction Plan Filed
Perhaps the most concerning aspect of the inspection outcome is the facility's response — or lack thereof. According to federal records, Centennial Post Acute's correction status is listed as "Deficient, Provider has no plan of correction."
Under federal regulations, nursing homes cited for deficiencies are required to submit a plan of correction outlining the specific steps they will take to remedy each identified problem, prevent recurrence, and protect residents in the interim. The absence of a correction plan raises questions about the facility's commitment to addressing the documented care gaps.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can impose escalating enforcement actions on facilities that fail to achieve compliance, ranging from directed plans of correction and civil monetary penalties to denial of payment for new admissions. In cases of continued noncompliance, a facility may face termination from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Nine Deficiencies Signal Broader Concerns
The F0684 citation was one of nine total deficiencies identified during the December 2025 investigation. While the full scope of the remaining citations covers additional areas of regulatory noncompliance, the volume of findings from a single complaint investigation is notable. Multiple deficiencies identified during one survey cycle can indicate broader operational or staffing challenges within a facility.
Families with loved ones at Centennial Post Acute may wish to review the complete inspection findings, which are available through the CMS Care Compare database. Residents and their representatives have the right to request information about survey results directly from the facility and to contact the Alaska Long Term Care Ombudsman with concerns about care quality.
The full inspection report contains additional details about all nine deficiencies cited during the December 24, 2025 investigation at Centennial Post Acute.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Centennial Post Acute from 2025-12-24 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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