CANFIELD HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$34,151
Outcome
CANFIELD HEALTHCARE CENTER in YOUNGSTOWN, OH was fined $34,151 by CMS following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CANFIELD HEALTHCARE CENTER (YOUNGSTOWN, OH) — $34,151 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CANFIELD HEALTHCARE CENTER in YOUNGSTOWN, OH was fined $34,151 by CMS following 54 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
- Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Not hire anyone with a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or theft.
- Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
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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