CARE ONE AT NEWTON
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$35,808
Outcome
CARE ONE AT NEWTON in NEWTON, MA was fined $35,808 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CARE ONE AT NEWTON (NEWTON, MA) — $35,808 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CARE ONE AT NEWTON in NEWTON, MA was fined $35,808 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 45 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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