AMARILLO CENTER FOR SKILLED CARE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,390
Outcome
AMARILLO CENTER FOR SKILLED CARE in AMARILLO, TX was fined $21,390 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AMARILLO CENTER FOR SKILLED CARE (AMARILLO, TX) — $21,390 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AMARILLO CENTER FOR SKILLED CARE in AMARILLO, TX was fined $21,390 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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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