BRIGHTON PLACE WEST
CMS
Actual Harm
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$15,076
Outcome
BRIGHTON PLACE WEST in TOPEKA, KS was fined $15,076 by CMS following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BRIGHTON PLACE WEST (TOPEKA, KS) — $15,076 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BRIGHTON PLACE WEST in TOPEKA, KS was fined $15,076 by CMS following 20 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- 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.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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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