CULVER WEST HEALTH CENTER
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$117,037
Outcome
CULVER WEST HEALTH CENTER in LOS ANGELES, CA was fined $117,037 by CMS following 58 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
CULVER WEST HEALTH CENTER (LOS ANGELES, CA) — $117,037 in CMS Fines
Outcome: CULVER WEST HEALTH CENTER in LOS ANGELES, CA was fined $117,037 by CMS following 58 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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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