Scranton Health Care Center
2933 Mccarthy Street, Scranton, PA, 18505 · CCN 396095
Scranton Health Care Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 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 27 cited deficiencies across 6 surveys. 1 were coded at G or above; 0 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
4 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0842 (3), F0697 (2), F0755 (2), F0553 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- August 2025 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- November 2024 — Health: 11 cited deficiencies
- December 2023 — Health: 7 cited deficiencies
- November 2023 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- September 2023 — Health: 4 cited deficiencies
- March 2023 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity B: 2 citations
- Scope/severity D: 16 citations
- Scope/severity E: 8 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
1 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 0 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0842 — Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. (3 citations)
- F0697 — Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (2 citations)
- F0755 — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (2 citations)
- F0553 — Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care. (2 citations)
- F0644 — Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. (1 citation)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 9 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 7 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 4 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 2 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 4 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.63 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 1 penalty action, most recently dated December 2023. Monetary fines in these records total $12,570.
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: March 2023; Latest loaded survey: August 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM 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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