Lakeside Medical Center
An acute care hospital in Belle Glade, Florida 33430
39200 Hooker Hwy, Belle Glade, Florida 33430. (561) 996-6571.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- Not rated CMS’s overall rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 70 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Jan 8, 2025: a complaint inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jan 8, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Blood Transfusions And Iv Medications
The inspectors’ words, 874 words
“BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND IV MEDICATIONS CFR(s): Blood transfusions and intravenous medications must be administered in accordance with State law and approved medical staff policies and procedures. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 29151 Based on policy review, clinical record review and interview, it was determined, the facility failed to ensure quality of nursing care provided to each patient is in accordance with established standards of practice of nursing care, chapter 464.003(5) for 2 of 2 sampled patients reviewed for blood transfusions, (Patient #6 and #7) as evidenced by failure to reassess patients’ condition during a blood transfusion as specified per facility protocols. The findings included: Facility policy titled “administration of Blood and Blood Products” effective 11/12/24 documents: MONITORING THE TRANSFUSION 1. Start infusion of PRBC @ 2 ml/min (120 ml/hour) for 15 minutes. 2. Initiate non-emergent transfusions slowly and remain near the patient; major reactions usually appear before the first 50 ml have been transfused. Stop the transfusion immediately if signs and symptoms of a transfusion reaction are present (see Transfusion Reactions); notify the provider and blood bank and administer emergency medications as prescribed. i. Do not administer emergency medications through the blood administration set; prime a new administration set with 0.9% sodium chloride for infusion through the VAD 3. After 15 minutes of infusion, check vital signs. If no signs and symptoms of a transfusion reaction are noted, the rate of infusion may be increased to infuse over the period of time, as designated by the physician order or at a rate of 4 ml/min (240 ml/hour). For patients at risk for fluid overload consult physician for flow rate. The full unit of blood must be administered within four hours from the time it was removed from the blood bank. a. Platelets should be administered over 1 to 2 hours. b. Plasma should be administered a quickly as tolerated by the patient or over 15 to 60 minutes. 4. Monitor and document the patients vital signs during the transfusion, as indicated by the patient’s clinical needs. Assess the patient for any adverse reactions at least every 30 minutes throughout the transfusion. 5. During blood administration blood and blood components are only administered with 0.9% sodium chloride. No other solutions or medications can be added to or infused through the same administration set with blood or blood components unless they have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for this use. 6. The blood administration set may be used for up to two units of packed red blood cells for fast administration of blood -two units transfused in 4 hours. However, if the first unit required 4 hours for transfusion, the blood tubing will not be re-used. 7. At the completion of the infusion, complete the flowsheet documentation in EPIC a. Post-transfusion vitals b. Stopped transfusion time C, Volume d. Documented suspected reaction yes or no 8. Discard the blood bag in a biohazard container. The policy documents transfusion reactions includes: Fever, Headaches, Anxiety, Flushing, Itching, Chest Pain, Chills, Marked Hypotension, Tachycardia and others. Clinical record review conducted on 01/07/25 and 01/08/25 revealed Patient #6 was prescribed a blood transfusion on 01/07/25. The record indicates the staff obtained pre transfusion vital signs at 1:51 PM; the transfusion started at 1:53 PM and the blood hit the vein a 1:56 PM at a rate of 120 milliliters per hour. The staff monitored the patient at 2:11 PM with a complete set of vital signs and the next set of vital signs was documented at 4:11 PM, post transfusion assessment. The nurse failed to follow the facility policies and procedures for blood transfusion monitoring, as evidenced by lack of clinical data validating monitoring every 30 minutes to ensure there were no suspected reactions. Clinical record review conducted on 01/07/25 and 01/08/25 revealed Patient #7 was prescribed a blood transfusion on 01/05/25. The record indicates the staff obtained pre transfusion vital signs at 10:41 AM; the blood hit the vein a 10:45 AM at a rate of 125 milliliters per hour. The staff monitored the patient at 11 AM with a complete set of vital signs and the next set of vital signs was documented at 1 PM. The post transfusion assessment was documented at 2 PM. The nurse failed to document on the suspected reaction field, with a yes or no answer. The nurse failed to follow the facility policies and procedures for blood transfusion monitoring, as evidenced by lack of clinical data validating monitoring every 30 minutes to ensure there were no suspected reactions. Interview with the Operating Room Manager who navigated the electronic medical record and the Risk Manager on 01/07/25 at approximately 2:40 PM and on 01/08/24 at approximately 11 AM verifies there is no documentation to validate the staff monitored Patients #6 and #7 according to the policy provided. Interview with the Assistant Vice President of Nursing (AVPN) conducted on 01/08/24 at approximately 11:15 AM revealed her expectations is for the staff to follow the policy and was asked how is the staff to assess and monitor for possible reactions if they are not documenting vital signs to validate no changes in condition. The AVPN explained is possible they are doing the assessment but not documenting the findings.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
How do patients fare?
- CMS gives no overall CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.”
- Of the measures behind its CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System., CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 1; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 2; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 1.
- CMS gives no CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.: “The number of cases/patients is too few to report a star rating.”
- In CMS’s patient survey (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 64% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 62% would definitely recommend it.
- Infections, compared by CMS with the national benchmark (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): C. diff infections, no different than national benchmark.
- CMS’s patient safety composite for serious complications, PSI 90, Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2024: no different than the national value.
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): pneumonia 17%, COPD 19.7%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- Emergency department patients spent a median of 141 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 2% left before being seen.
- 83% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock got the care CMS measures, SEP-1 (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025).
- Medicare’s spending per patient here is 1.07 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, Hospital General Information, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Complications and Deaths - Hospital and Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital. Released Sep 30, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
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| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | Not rated |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | Not rated |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: government - hospital district or authority.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- Government - Hospital District or Authority.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals.
- Not among the hospitals whose Medicare payments CMS cut under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program for fiscal year 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated yearly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- 51% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- 6 owners or officers are people: Candice R Abbott (corporate officer); Candice R Abbott (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Darcy Davis (corporate officer, 0%); Darcy Davis (corporate director, 0%); Darcy Davis (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); Darcy Davis (runs it (operational or managerial control), 0%).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 3 changes of ownership, the latest on Apr 30, 2004.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| District Hospital Holdings Inc. | Other role (CMS gives no detail) | 100% | Jan 6, 2009 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 15 hospitals CMS lists in Palm Beach County, 12 have an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 4 of 5, 2 rated 3 of 5, 7 rated 2 of 5, 2 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS gives this hospital no overall star rating to compare.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals, so none are shown. The one payment cut CMS publishes for each hospital, under its Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, is shown where it applies.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Most hospitals are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In its September 2026 release CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for death and readmission rates, though it gives the rates.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital.
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital (77hc-ibv8).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Complications and Deaths - Hospital (ynj2-r877).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital (632h-zaca).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital (yv7e-xc69).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital (rrqw-56er).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (yq43-i98g).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated yearly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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