COVENANT SHORES HEALTH CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$190,005
Outcome
COVENANT SHORES HEALTH CENTER in MERCER ISLAND, WA was fined $190,005 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
COVENANT SHORES HEALTH CENTER (MERCER ISLAND, WA) — $190,005 in CMS Fines
Outcome: COVENANT SHORES HEALTH CENTER in MERCER ISLAND, WA was fined $190,005 by CMS following 40 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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