CHOWCHILLA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

CHOWCHILLA, CA 2023--2024 Assisted Living / Long-Term Care
CMS Actual Harm Documentation Failure Inadequate Staffing Infection Control Medication Error Nutrition Care
Penalty
$143,246

Outcome

CHOWCHILLA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT in CHOWCHILLA, CA was fined $143,246 by CMS across 27 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Details

CHOWCHILLA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT (CHOWCHILLA, CA) — $143,246 in CMS Fines

Outcome: CHOWCHILLA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT in CHOWCHILLA, CA was fined $143,246 by CMS across 27 separate penalties following 36 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.

  • 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.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

  • Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

  • Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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.

Source: CMS Nursing Home Penalties Dataset — CHOWCHILLA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

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