Avir at Park Bend
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$38,155
Outcome
Avir at Park Bend in Austin, TX was fined $38,155 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Avir at Park Bend (Austin, TX) — $38,155 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Avir at Park Bend in Austin, TX was fined $38,155 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- 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.
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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