Colonial Springs Healthcare Center
750 West Cooper, Buffalo, MO, 65622 · CCN 265245
Colonial Springs Healthcare Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Buffalo, Missouri. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 17 cited deficiencies across 3 surveys. None of the available citations were coded at G or above, although later surveys could change that context.
The most-cited tags shown here do not include a repeated tag. This conclusion applies only to the available records.
Survey history
- December 2024 — Health: 9 cited deficiencies
- September 2024 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
- January 2023 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 12 citations
- Scope/severity E: 3 citations
- Scope/severity F: 2 citations
No available citations were coded at G or above. This statement is limited to the records currently available to POCDesk.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0689 — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (1 citation)
- F0638 — Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. (1 citation)
- F0625 — 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. (1 citation)
- F0883 — Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. (1 citation)
- F0582 — Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (1 citation)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 3 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 2 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 2 citations
- Environmental Deficiencies: 1 citation
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 1 citation
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 1 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.27 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
Five-Star values above are official CMS fields. POCDesk does not calculate or predict the official CMS rating.
Enforcement and penalties
No penalty actions appear in the enforcement records currently available to POCDesk. This is a statement about the present dataset, not a guarantee that no action has ever occurred.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: January 2023; Latest loaded survey: December 2024. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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