Blue Lake Post Acute
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$152,994
Outcome
Blue Lake Post Acute in DELAND, FL was fined $152,994 by CMS across 18 separate penalties following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Blue Lake Post Acute (DELAND, FL) — $152,994 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Blue Lake Post Acute in DELAND, FL was fined $152,994 by CMS across 18 separate penalties following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal 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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