ALDERWOOD POST ACUTE & REHABILITATION
Outcome
ALDERWOOD POST ACUTE & REHABILITATION in LYNNWOOD, WA was fined $103,091 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 124 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALDERWOOD POST ACUTE & REHABILITATION (LYNNWOOD, WA) — $103,091 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALDERWOOD POST ACUTE & REHABILITATION in LYNNWOOD, WA was fined $103,091 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 124 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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