Bridgewood Health Care Center
Bridgewood Health Care Center is a 1-star rated nursing home in Kansas City, MO with 166 beds. CMS sub-ratings: health inspections 1/5, staffing 1/5, quality measures 2/5.
The facility has 139 health violations on record. Federal fines total $1,277,690 across 23 enforcement actions. Most recent inspection: April 28, 2025.
This facility has abuse citations on its federal record.
Designated as a CMS Special Focus Facility — indicating a pattern of serious quality issues under heightened federal oversight.
Staff turnover rate: 66.7% — significantly above the national average.
Data synthesized from CMS.gov and Missouri public inspection records. Reviewed by Christopher F. Nesbitt, Sr., NR-EMT & BU-trained Paralegal.
Our Coverage of Bridgewood Health Care Center
Data current as of June 22, 2026 · Source: CMS Provider Data
Detailed Inspection Reports
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Fines and Penalties by Year
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Health Violations by Year
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that each resident is free from medications that restrain them, unless needed for medical treatment.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's nursing home stay.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bridgewood Health Care Center
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Editorial Standards & Data Oversight
Data Source: This report is based on official public inspection records from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Provider Data Catalog.
Editorial Process: Content generated using AI to synthesize complex regulatory data, then reviewed and verified for accuracy by our editorial team.
Professional Review: All content undergoes standards and compliance oversight by Christopher F. Nesbitt, Sr., Nationally Registered EMT & BU-trained Paralegal.
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