AVALON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER - PASCO
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$63,388
Outcome
AVALON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER - PASCO in PASCO, WA was fined $63,388 by CMS following 82 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AVALON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER - PASCO (PASCO, WA) — $63,388 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AVALON HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER - PASCO in PASCO, WA was fined $63,388 by CMS following 82 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.
- The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
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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