BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Penalty
$47,430
Outcome
BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER in PARAMUS, NJ was fined $47,430 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER (PARAMUS, NJ) — $47,430 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER in PARAMUS, NJ was fined $47,430 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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