FIRESIDE HOUSE OF CENTRALIA
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$77,558
Outcome
FIRESIDE HOUSE OF CENTRALIA in CENTRALIA, IL was fined $77,558 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
FIRESIDE HOUSE OF CENTRALIA (CENTRALIA, IL) — $77,558 in CMS Fines
Outcome: FIRESIDE HOUSE OF CENTRALIA in CENTRALIA, IL was fined $77,558 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 18 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- 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.
- Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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