Cedar Falls Health Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$129,025
Outcome
Cedar Falls Health Care Center in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $129,025 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Cedar Falls Health Care Center (Cedar Falls, IA) — $129,025 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Cedar Falls Health Care Center in Cedar Falls, IA was fined $129,025 by CMS following 43 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide training in compliance and ethics.
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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