Central Health Care Center
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$21,048
Outcome
Central Health Care Center in LE CENTER, MN was fined $21,048 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Central Health Care Center (LE CENTER, MN) — $21,048 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Central Health Care Center in LE CENTER, MN was fined $21,048 by CMS following 15 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- 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.
- 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 policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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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