Thermopolis Rehabilitation And Wellness
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness in Thermopolis, WY — inspection on October 23, 2025.
Found 2 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 the emergency kit content list showed the available medications included insulin lispro, insulin NHP [intermediate acing insulin], insulin regular, insulin glargine, insulin detemir, and insulin aspart.i.
Interview with the administrator, DON, regional clinical director #1 and regional clinical director #2 on 10/23/25 at 9:37 AM revealed if a resident was displaying signs or symptoms or a change in condition, they would expect the nurse to assess the resident and monitor. If the condition worsened, they would expect the nurse to notify the physician.
They revealed if a resident was experiencing elevated or low blood sugars, they would expect the physician to be notified per the physician's parameters and they would expect the nurse to call the physician and not send a fax. j.
Interview with the administrator and regional clinical director #1 on 10/23/25 at 11:32 AM confirmed the resident's medications and monitoring was discontinued following the hospital visit.
Further they revealed notification of the physician would be based on nursing judgement if the resident did not have notification parameters.k.
Interview with the resident's physician on 10/24/25 at 9:42 AM revealed the resident had a history or high blood glucose levels and she would expect the facility to notify her if the blood glucose was greater than
- She revealed she was not notified of the discontinuation of insulin and blood glucose monitoring when
the resident returned from the hospital on 9/9/25 and she was not notified of the elevated blood glucose on 9/17/25.
Further she revealed she would expect the facility to call and not fax and there was always an on-call physician during off hours.2.
Review of the facility policy titled Hypoglycemia/Hyperglycemia Recommended Guidelines last updated August 2025 showed .3.
Recommended provider notification parameters are blood sugar < [less than] 70 or > [greater than] 350 per American Diabetic Association however, providers may have varied parameters for notification .
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COMPLETED
10/23/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness
1210 Canyon Hills Rd Thermopolis, WY 82443
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of the facility policy titled Hypoglycemia/Hyperglycemia Recommended Guidelines last updated August 2025 showed .3.
Recommended provider notification parameters are blood sugar < [less than] 70 or > [greater than] 350 per American Diabetic Association however, providers may have varied parameters for notification .
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