Date: December 22, 2006
Contact: Barbara Schoof Conant
barbara.conant@aging.ks.gov
Director of Public Affairs
(785) 296-6154
The Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA) has been notified that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed a $7,000 civil monetary penalty on Heatherwood Estates, 614 South 8th St., Independence.
The fine resulted from violations which significantly and adversely affected the health, safety, nutrition or sanitation of the adult care residents of the facility. The violations were identified in a survey on December 7, 2006.
KDOA conducts the facility surveys, but the federal agency imposes the penalties. The facility has 60 days to file an appeal.