Avir at Athens
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$243,325
Outcome
Avir at Athens in ATHENS, TX was fined $243,325 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Avir at Athens (ATHENS, TX) — $243,325 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Avir at Athens in ATHENS, TX was fined $243,325 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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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