CARVALHO GROVE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Outcome
CARVALHO GROVE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $22,526 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CARVALHO GROVE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER (FALL RIVER, MA) — $22,526 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CARVALHO GROVE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $22,526 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 44 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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