Brighton Post Acute Care
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$200,070
Outcome
Brighton Post Acute Care in BRIGHTON, MA was fined $200,070 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Brighton Post Acute Care (BRIGHTON, MA) — $200,070 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Brighton Post Acute Care in BRIGHTON, MA was fined $200,070 by CMS following 31 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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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