ARIZONA STATE VETERAN HOME-PHX
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$23,296
Outcome
ARIZONA STATE VETERAN HOME-PHX in PHOENIX, AZ was fined $23,296 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ARIZONA STATE VETERAN HOME-PHX (PHOENIX, AZ) — $23,296 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ARIZONA STATE VETERAN HOME-PHX in PHOENIX, AZ was fined $23,296 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
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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