ATHENS POST ACUTE LLC
CMS
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$61,744
Outcome
ATHENS POST ACUTE LLC in DELAND, FL was fined $61,744 by CMS across 10 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ATHENS POST ACUTE LLC (DELAND, FL) — $61,744 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ATHENS POST ACUTE LLC in DELAND, FL was fined $61,744 by CMS across 10 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- 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.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each 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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