Crystal Heights Care Center
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Penalty
$10,489
Outcome
Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa, IA was fined $10,489 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Crystal Heights Care Center (Oskaloosa, IA) — $10,489 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa, IA was fined $10,489 by CMS following 16 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
- 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- 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 safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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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