Arc at Kankakee
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$86,813
Outcome
Arc at Kankakee in KANKAKEE, IL was fined $86,813 by CMS following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Arc at Kankakee (KANKAKEE, IL) — $86,813 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Arc at Kankakee in KANKAKEE, IL was fined $86,813 by CMS following 13 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids 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.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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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