COTTESMORE OF LIFE CARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$18,233
Outcome
COTTESMORE OF LIFE CARE in GIG HARBOR, WA was fined $18,233 by CMS following 52 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COTTESMORE OF LIFE CARE (GIG HARBOR, WA) — $18,233 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COTTESMORE OF LIFE CARE in GIG HARBOR, WA was fined $18,233 by CMS following 52 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.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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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