DRIFTWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$24,349
Outcome
DRIFTWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER in TORRANCE, CA was fined $24,349 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
DRIFTWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER (TORRANCE, CA) — $24,349 in CMS Fines
Outcome: DRIFTWOOD HEALTHCARE CENTER in TORRANCE, CA was fined $24,349 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 67 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
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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