Premier Rehab And Healthcare At Berlin
98 Hospitality Drive, Barre, VT, 05641 · CCN 475020
Premier Rehab And Healthcare At Berlin is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Barre, Vermont. 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 79 cited deficiencies across 15 surveys. 10 were coded at G or above; 1 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0761 (3), F0554 (3), F0760 (3), F0580 (3), F0657 (3). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- August 2025 — Health: 5 cited deficiencies
- May 2025 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
- February 2025 — Health: 16 cited deficiencies
- January 2025 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
- August 2024 — Health: 18 cited deficiencies
- March 2024 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
- February 2024 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
- November 2023 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity C: 1 citation
- Scope/severity D: 38 citations
- Scope/severity E: 19 citations
- Scope/severity F: 11 citations
- Scope/severity G: 9 citations
- Scope/severity J: 1 citation
10 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 1 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0761 — Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (3 citations)
- F0554 — Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (3 citations)
- F0760 — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (3 citations)
- F0580 — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (3 citations)
- F0657 — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (3 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 14 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 13 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 11 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 9 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 8 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 7 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 1 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.91 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 3 penalty actions, most recently dated May 2025. Monetary fines in these records total $307,847.
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: February 2023; Latest loaded survey: August 2025. 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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