Bennington Health & Rehab
2 Blackberry Lane, Bennington, VT, 05201 · CCN 475027
Bennington Health & Rehab is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Bennington, 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 77 cited deficiencies across 13 surveys. 8 were coded at G or above; 4 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0692 (3), F0657 (3), F0658 (3), F0584 (3), F0550 (3). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- July 2025 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- March 2025 — Health: 4 cited deficiencies
- October 2024 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
- July 2024 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- May 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- February 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- November 2023 — Health: 25 cited deficiencies
- August 2023 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity B: 1 citation
- Scope/severity D: 32 citations
- Scope/severity E: 20 citations
- Scope/severity F: 16 citations
- Scope/severity H: 4 citations
- Scope/severity J: 2 citations
- Scope/severity L: 2 citations
8 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 4 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0692 — Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (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)
- F0658 — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (3 citations)
- F0584 — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (3 citations)
- F0550 — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (3 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 19 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 15 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 14 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 9 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 4 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 3 of 5 stars
CMS reports 4.1 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
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 3 penalty actions, most recently dated December 2025. Monetary fines in these records total $242,044.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of August 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on September 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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