Avir at Azalea Heights
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$35,574
Outcome
Avir at Azalea Heights in TYLER, TX was fined $35,574 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Avir at Azalea Heights (TYLER, TX) — $35,574 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Avir at Azalea Heights in TYLER, TX was fined $35,574 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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