Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

707 Throgs Neck Expressway, Bronx, New York 10465

Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is located in the Bronx, New York. It has 205 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 197.5 residents per day. Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and it is not in a hospital. It has a resident and family council to facilitate communications with the staff. The facility is a for profit corporation doing business under the legal business name of Throgs Neck Operating Co LLC.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gives each nursing home an overall rating* on a scale of 1 to 5 stars: 5 stars = much above average, 4 stars = above average, 3 stars = average, 2 stars = below average, 1 star = much below average. The CMS also assigns star ratings in the categories of health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care. The overall rating for Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 5 stars. In addition, the nursing facilities are also regularly inspected to ensure that they are in compliance with fire safety rules.

New York State inspectors regularly conduct full inspections of nursing homes for compliance with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s star rating for health inspections is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating. The date of the most recent health inspection of Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was February 22, 2018. In that report 2 health citations were noted. The average number of citations for New York is 4.8 and the average number of citations in the United States is 7.8.

As part of the inspection process, the CMS completed a “statement of deficiencies” that included the following observations:

• The facility did not ensure that individual financial records were available to individual residents through quarterly statements. Specifically, during interviews, two cognitively intact residents with personal funds held by the facility; stated that they did not receive quarterly statements of their account.
• The facility did not ensure that infection control practices were maintained. Specifically, a resident with use of a wound vac to the right foot was observed on two occasions with tubing and the wound vac machine on the floor.

In addition, at any time during the year a nursing home may also be inspected based on a complaint submitted by a resident or based on an incident self-reported by the facility. During the last 3 years, there were no complaints or facility-reported incidents that resulted in citations.

In rating nursing facilities for staffing the CMS reviews the staffing levels. Specifically, it looks at the number of hours per resident of licensed nurses, registered nurses, nurse aides, licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/LVN), and physical therapists. According to the CMS, higher staffing levels may mean better care. In this category, Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 1 star which is a “much below average” rating.

• The average total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 57 minutes, while the New York average is 1 hour and 31 minutes and the national average is 1 hour and 33 minutes.
• The registered nurse hours per resident per day at Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 15 minutes compared to 42 minutes for New York and 41 minutes for the United States.
• The LPN/LVN hours per resident per day at Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 42 minutes compared to 49 minutes for New York and 53 minutes for the United States.
• The nurse aide hours per resident per day is 1 hour and 54 minutes, while the New York average is 2 hours and 15 minutes and the national average is 2 hours and 19 minutes.
• Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center provides 10 minutes of physical therapist staff hours per resident per day, compared to the New York average of 7 minutes and the national average of 5 minutes. However, not all nursing home residents require physical therapy.

Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s star rating for overall quality of resident care is 5 stars. Facilities are also rated on their quality of care for short-stay residents and long-stay residents. Short-stay residents are those who spent 100 days or less in a nursing home, or residents covered under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility benefit. Long-stay residents are those who spent over 100 days in a nursing home. Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center also received 5-star ratings for both short-stay residents and long-stay residents. In arriving at ratings for quality of resident care, the CMS reviews a number of factors, including rate of hospitalizations, rate of pressure ulcers, and flu and pneumonia prevention measures.

Short-stay residents. 15.0% of Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s short-stay residents were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission. The average for New York is 20.4% and national average is 22.6%.

Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores or pressure injuries, are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin, such as staying in one position for a long time. 1.4% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility. The national average is 1.6%.

Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 84.2% of Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is slightly higher than both the New York and national averages which stand at 82.6% and 82.3%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 76.5%, while the average for New York is 79.3% and the average for the United States is 83.2%.

Long-stay residents. For Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days is 1.55, while the New York average is 1.55, and the national average is 1.75. As for the number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident, for Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center the number is days is 0.23, while the New York average is 0.74, and the national average is 1.03.

The percentage of long-stay high-risk residents at Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center with pressure ulcers is 9.0%, compared to the New York average of 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%.

97.7% of Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s long-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is higher than both the New York and national averages which stand at 97.0% and 95.6%, respectively. As for the percentage of long-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 98.3%, while the average for New York is 93.6% and the average for the United States is 93.7%.

Citations can result in penalties. If the citation is particularly serious or if the nursing home takes a long to cure the citation, the federal government may either fine the nursing home, or deny payment from Medicare. Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has not received a penalty from the federal government in the last 3 years.

Nursing homes that are certified by Medicare and/or Medicaid must meet standards set by the government to ensure residents are safe. Fire safety specialists inspect nursing homes to determine if a nursing home meets the Life Safety Code (LSC) requirements, a set of fire safety and emergency preparedness requirements set by the CMS. These requirements are aimed at preventing fires, or protecting residents in the event of an emergency like a fire, hurricane, tornado, flood, power failure, or gas leak.

The most recent fire safety inspection was February 22, 2019. During that inspection 4 citations were noted which is higher than the New York average of 3.5 and national average of 2.9.

The information about the performance of Throgs Neck Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is from Medicare.gov and is based on past performance. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. Further, we recommend that you check the statistics yourself at Medicare.gov for both accuracy and updates. Choosing a nursing home is a very difficult decision, and we make no representation as to the quality of any of the facilities or their ratings on the site.