COTTAGE CREST POST ACUTE in NORWALK, CA was fined $69,390 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 64 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

COTTAGE CREST POST ACUTE (NORWALK, CA) — $69,390 in CMS Fines

Outcome: COTTAGE CREST POST ACUTE in NORWALK, CA was fined $69,390 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 64 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.


• 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 care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.


• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.


• Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.


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


• Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.