AVIVA AT FITZSIMONS
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$23,271
Outcome
AVIVA AT FITZSIMONS in AURORA, CO was fined $23,271 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
AVIVA AT FITZSIMONS (AURORA, CO) — $23,271 in CMS Fines
Outcome: AVIVA AT FITZSIMONS in AURORA, CO was fined $23,271 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 28 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.
- Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
- 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.
- Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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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