CHARMING LAKES REHAB
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$136,136
Outcome
CHARMING LAKES REHAB in LAKELAND, FL was fined $136,136 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CHARMING LAKES REHAB (LAKELAND, FL) — $136,136 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CHARMING LAKES REHAB in LAKELAND, FL was fined $136,136 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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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