CEDAR LAKE NURSING HOME
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$31,850
Outcome
CEDAR LAKE NURSING HOME in MALAKOFF, TX was fined $31,850 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CEDAR LAKE NURSING HOME (MALAKOFF, TX) — $31,850 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CEDAR LAKE NURSING HOME in MALAKOFF, TX was fined $31,850 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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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