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Forest Hills Of DC

4901 Connecticut Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20008 · 2029667623
CCN 095038 Provider type Medicare and Medicaid County The District Last standard health inspection Dec 6, 2024

CMS star ratings — CMS's own composite; the ledger below is the underlying record

Overall
Above average · CMS composite of the three below
Health inspection
Above average · from the two most recent standard surveys
Staffing
Much below average · nurse hours vs. resident needs
Quality measures
Much above average · facility-reported clinical measures

Health inspection stars are graded on a curve within each state — they don't compare across state lines. The quality-measures star is based largely on assessments the facility reports about itself. How the ratings work.

Health inspection citation ledger

Everything CMS currently publishes for this facility (about three survey cycles). The star rating above counts only the two most recent standard surveys, so this ledger remembers more than the stars do. Fire-safety inspections are published separately by CMS and aren't shown here. Full inspection reports (Form CMS-2567, with the inspectors' complete findings) are on this facility's Medicare.gov page.

46
health citations on file
1
at harm level or worse (G–L)
5
surveys
Mar 27, 2026 — Health survey 6 citations
D F-582 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Residents weren't told what Medicare/Medicaid covers and what they could be billed for.
CMS requirement: Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
D F-756 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Monthly pharmacist reviews of each resident's medications didn't happen or irregularities weren't reported.
CMS requirement: Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
D F-812 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Problems with safe food handling — storage temperatures, kitchen sanitation, or food from unapproved sources.
CMS requirement: Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
D F-842 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Medical records were incomplete, inaccurate, or not kept confidential.
CMS requirement: Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
D F-908 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Essential equipment wasn't kept in safe working order.
CMS requirement: Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
D F-925 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Corrected Apr 30, 2026
Dec 27, 2024 — Health survey 5 citations
D F-641 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Resident health assessments were inaccurate.
CMS requirement: Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected Feb 27, 2025
D F-684 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Residents didn't get treatment or care the way their doctors ordered or their care goals called for.
CMS requirement: Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected Feb 27, 2025
D F-757 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Residents were given drugs they didn't need — excessive dose, excessive duration, or without adequate reason.
CMS requirement: Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Corrected Feb 27, 2025
D F-761 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Medications weren't labeled or locked up the way pharmacy rules require.
CMS requirement: 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.
Corrected Feb 27, 2025
D F-842 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Medical records were incomplete, inaccurate, or not kept confidential.
CMS requirement: Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected Feb 27, 2025
Dec 6, 2024 — Health survey 5 citations
D F-641 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Resident health assessments were inaccurate.
CMS requirement: Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected Feb 6, 2025
D F-656 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Care plans were missing pieces — not every need a resident has was written into a measurable plan.
CMS requirement: Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected Feb 6, 2025
D F-657 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Care plans weren't finished within 7 days of assessment, or weren't built and reviewed by the right team.
CMS requirement: Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected Feb 6, 2025
E F-812 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern · found via complaint
Problems with safe food handling — storage temperatures, kitchen sanitation, or food from unapproved sources.
CMS requirement: Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected Feb 6, 2025
D F-881 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
No working program to monitor and control antibiotic use.
CMS requirement: Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Corrected Feb 6, 2025
Aug 9, 2023 — Health survey 13 citations
D F-575 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-623 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Residents weren't properly notified before a transfer or discharge, including their right to appeal.
CMS requirement: Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
E F-625 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern · found via complaint
Residents weren't told in writing how long their bed would be held during a hospital stay.
CMS requirement: 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.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-641 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Resident health assessments were inaccurate.
CMS requirement: Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-656 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Care plans were missing pieces — not every need a resident has was written into a measurable plan.
CMS requirement: Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
E F-657 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern · found via complaint
Care plans weren't finished within 7 days of assessment, or weren't built and reviewed by the right team.
CMS requirement: Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-685 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
G F-689 actual harm · isolated · found via complaint
Inspectors found accident hazards, or residents weren't supervised closely enough to prevent falls and injuries.
CMS requirement: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-755 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Pharmacy services fell short — the facility didn't properly use a licensed pharmacist to manage medications.
CMS requirement: Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected Jan 15, 2024
D F-761 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Medications weren't labeled or locked up the way pharmacy rules require.
CMS requirement: 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.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-803 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Menus didn't meet residents' nutritional needs or weren't followed.
CMS requirement: Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
D F-812 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated · found via complaint
Problems with safe food handling — storage temperatures, kitchen sanitation, or food from unapproved sources.
CMS requirement: Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
E F-849 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern · found via complaint
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Corrected Dec 6, 2023
Feb 25, 2022 — Health survey 17 citations
F F-568 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · widespread
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-569 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-578 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Residents' rights to refuse treatment or set advance directives weren't honored.
CMS requirement: 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.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-580 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
The home didn't promptly tell the resident, their doctor, or family about an injury, decline, or other significant change.
CMS requirement: Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-607 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
The home's written policies to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft were missing or not followed.
CMS requirement: Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-609 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Suspected abuse, neglect, or theft wasn't reported to authorities on time.
CMS requirement: Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-622 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
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.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-641 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Resident health assessments were inaccurate.
CMS requirement: Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-655 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
No baseline care plan covering immediate needs within 48 hours of admission.
CMS requirement: Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-684 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Residents didn't get treatment or care the way their doctors ordered or their care goals called for.
CMS requirement: Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-689 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Inspectors found accident hazards, or residents weren't supervised closely enough to prevent falls and injuries.
CMS requirement: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected Dec 8, 2021
D F-711 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-761 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Medications weren't labeled or locked up the way pharmacy rules require.
CMS requirement: 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.
Corrected May 6, 2022
E F-812 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern
Problems with safe food handling — storage temperatures, kitchen sanitation, or food from unapproved sources.
CMS requirement: Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected May 6, 2022
D F-842 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · isolated
Medical records were incomplete, inaccurate, or not kept confidential.
CMS requirement: Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected May 6, 2022
E F-880 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern
The home didn't follow infection prevention and control rules — things like hand hygiene, isolation precautions, or tracking infections.
CMS requirement: Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected May 6, 2022
E F-908 no actual harm; potential for more than minimal harm · pattern
Essential equipment wasn't kept in safe working order.
CMS requirement: Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Corrected May 6, 2022

Fines & penalties ledger

$9,311
federal fines imposed
1
payment denials
DateTypeAmount / length
Aug 9, 2023Fine$9,311
Aug 9, 2023Payment Denial11 days

Amounts are as imposed by CMS. What a facility actually pays may be lower — federal rules give a 35% reduction for waiving appeal rights, and appeals or settlements can reduce fines further.

Staffing vs. benchmarks

Total nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

Forest Hills Of DC
not reported
DC average
5.12
National average
3.87

Registered nurse (RN) hours per resident per day

Forest Hills Of DC
not reported
DC average
1.90
National average
0.68

Weekend total nurse hours per resident per day

Forest Hills Of DC
not reported
DC average
4.58
National average
3.43

Hours are facility-reported payroll figures published by CMS. Turnover: total nursing staff 28.3% · RN 40.0%.

Ownership

Ownership typeNon profit - Other
Legal business nameTHE METHODIST HOME OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ChainNot part of a chain (per CMS data)
Certified beds55
Average residents per day51.3
Changed ownership in last 12 monthsNo