CLAREWOOD HOUSE EXTENDED CARE CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$38,877
Outcome
CLAREWOOD HOUSE EXTENDED CARE CENTER in HOUSTON, TX was fined $38,877 by CMS following 7 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CLAREWOOD HOUSE EXTENDED CARE CENTER (HOUSTON, TX) — $38,877 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CLAREWOOD HOUSE EXTENDED CARE CENTER in HOUSTON, TX was fined $38,877 by CMS following 7 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.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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