FALL RIVER HEALTHCARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$557,805
Outcome
FALL RIVER HEALTHCARE in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $557,805 by CMS across 6 separate penalties following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FALL RIVER HEALTHCARE (FALL RIVER, MA) — $557,805 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FALL RIVER HEALTHCARE in FALL RIVER, MA was fined $557,805 by CMS across 6 separate penalties following 51 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.
- Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- 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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