A few weeks after getting hit by the first known cases of COVID-19 in the United States,
Life Care Center of Kirkland received 3 “immediate jeopardy” deficiencies (with a
civil monetary penalty of $611,323): (1) a failure to have emergency physician services
available 24 hours a day or to have an alternative emergency plan when the primary
care physician, who is also the Medical Director, is unavailable; (2) a failure to
have an appropriate infection control surveillance program; and (3) a failure to provide
quality care and services for residents during a respiratory outbreak.
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