Spring Hill Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
SPRING HILL REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER in PITTSBURGH, PA — inspection on December 23, 2025.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
Review of Resident R5 admission information indicated diagnosis of liver cell carcinoma.
Review o of Resident R5 clinical record indicated hospice services-initiated referral due to needing additional care and services that could not be provided at home.
Review of Resident R2 clinical record documentation survey report for November 2025 indicated resident received care during the 11pm-7am shift on 11/20/25.
Next documentation is a physician note at 1:23 p.m. in the afternoon. No information in the clinical record is noted for the resident getting bathed or eating assistance noted in the clinical record.
Resident R5 was sent out to the hospital on [DATE] after sustaining a fall.
During an interview on 12/23/25, at 12:00 p.m. the Director of Nursing (DON) and the Nursing Home NHA) confirmed that they could not locate other supportive documentation to show resident R5 received ADL care and services during his stay at the facility.
During an interview on 12/23/25, at 12:05 p.m. DON and NHA were informed that the facility failed to provide ADL care to Resident R5. 28 Pa.
Code 211.10 (d)Resident care policies.28 Pa.
Code211.12(c)(d)(1) Nursing services.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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COMPLETED
12/23/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Spring Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
2170 Rhine Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of the MDS dated [DATE], indicated diagnosis of hyponatremia (condition that happens when the level of sodium in the blood is lower than the typical range), Parkinson's (is a movement disorder of the nervous system that worsens over time) and hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol - excess of lipids or fats in your blood).
Review of the clinical record physician orders indicated the NA (sodium) levels weekly:Review of the November MAR on 11/26/25, failed to include an NA level.
Review of the December MAR indicated the following order:Send to ED due to emesis, BLE (bilateral lower extremities) edema (selling), BLE pain inability to obtain labs to monitor NA one time only for emesis, BLE edema, BLE pain - inability to obtain labs to mo for 1 Day -Start Date 12/12/2025 1145.
Review of physician orders dated 9/11/25: indicated PLEASE FAX ALL LABS WEEKLY TO AHN NEPHROLOGY AT [PHONE NUMBER] one time a day every Wed.
Review of the clinical record failed to indicate the lab work.
During an interview on 12/23/25, at 3:00 p.m.
Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing confirmed that lab work was not completed for residents for approximately the last 4 weeks.
Prior to this lab work was completed by a contractor who came in and into the facility and did the lab work.
Lab work is something that the nursing facility usually provides to monitor residents' health conditions.
During an interview the NHA and DON confirmed that the facility previously sent residents to dialysis and to drug and alcohol treatment programs and were unable to send residents directly to those programs.
During an interview on 12/23/25, at 3 p.m. NHA and DON were informed that the facility failed to follow physician orders with doctor's appointments and lab work for four of five residents reviewed (Resident R1, R2, R3, and R4). 28 Pa.
Code 201.14(a) Responsibility of licensee.28 Pa.
Code 211.12 (d)(1)(3)(5) Nursing services.
Facility ID:
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
A.
Building
COMPLETED
12/23/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Spring Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
2170 Rhine Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Based on review of facility documentation, staff and resident interview it was determined that the governing body failed to implement policies regarding the management of the operation of the facility by failing to respond to vendor invoices and failing to respond to facility requests payment for outstanding bills.
Findings include:
During an interview on 12/18/25, at 10:02 a.m.
Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing confirmed three residents had been sent of the facility to the hospital due to the facility not having transportation to get them to necessary physician appointments and medical appointments. NHA and DON stated that several transportation companies have been used throughout the year and the current transportation company indicated an outstanding bill.
During an interview on 12/18/25, at 12:07 p.m.
Director of Nursing confirmed that the facility is unable to obtain labs on residents due to the laboratory company indicating an outstanding bill.
Review of facility documentation AP Ledger 6/25 to 11/25 indicated the following monies owed to the following companies:Access Corporation: $7802.34 - last payment 6/1/25Advantage Equipment: $ 2904.35 - last payment 6/1/25AEP Energy: $12,635.65 - last payment 7/31/25Affinity Health Services: $4084.63 - last payment 6/1/25Aflac WWHQ: $601.90 - last payment last payment 6/1/25All Scripts: $2247. - last payment 6/1/25Anthony Landscaping: $12,135 - last payment 10/28/25Cellone's Bakery: $410.46 - last payment 10/3/25Clipboard: $3629.70 - last payment 11/1/25Comcast: $1269.59 - last payment 10/13/25Duquesne Light: $4235.67 - last payment 10/15/25Ecolab: $664.88 - last payment 6/1/25Ehrlich: $343.44 - last payment 6/1/25Eshyft/shiftsstar LLC: $76,152.87 - last payment 8/20/25Excell Forces: $2204.80 - last payment 6/1/25FabStaffing Nursing: $1,116,194 - last payment 10/30/25Homeaides Inc.: $101,702.20 - last payment 10/15/25Integrated Medical Facilities: $76,727.96 - last payment 9/20/25Intellicompt: $8376.69 - last payment 10/17/25Klosterman Baking Comp-: $430.81 - last payment 6/1/25LabCorp: $9032.77- last payment 6/28/25Medic Rescues: $350 - last payment 10/3/25Pension strategies: $2030 - last payment last payment 6/1/25People's: $46,994.29 - last payment 10/19/25PharMerica: $613,420.90 - last payment 10/31/25Water company: $48,745.89 - last payment 10/13/25Point Click Care: $31,846.62 - last payment 9/1/25Steel Valley Ambulance: $4099 - last payment 6/1/25TwinMed LLC: $562,941.34 - last payment 11/20/25UPMC Health Plan: $50,288.58 - last payment 10/27/25
During an interview on 12/23/25, at 11:59 a.m. NHA and DON were informed that the facility failed to implement policies regarding the management of the operation of the facility by failing to respond to vendor invoices and failing to respond to facility requests payment for outstanding bills. 28 Pa.
Code 201.14 Responsibility of licensee28 Pa.
Code 201.18 (b)(1) Management.
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