APPLE REHAB LAUREL WOODS
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$82,047
Outcome
APPLE REHAB LAUREL WOODS in EAST HAVEN, CT was fined $82,047 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
APPLE REHAB LAUREL WOODS (EAST HAVEN, CT) — $82,047 in CMS Fines
Outcome: APPLE REHAB LAUREL WOODS in EAST HAVEN, CT was fined $82,047 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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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