EMBASSY OF HEARTHSIDE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$23,995
Outcome
EMBASSY OF HEARTHSIDE in STATE COLLEGE, PA was fined $23,995 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 74 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
EMBASSY OF HEARTHSIDE (STATE COLLEGE, PA) — $23,995 in CMS Fines
Outcome: EMBASSY OF HEARTHSIDE in STATE COLLEGE, PA was fined $23,995 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 74 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- 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.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide appropriate foot care.
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.
Don't let this happen to your organization. See how Crucible works.
See How Crucible Works