GRACE HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$50,106
Outcome
GRACE HEALTHCARE CENTER in FRESNO, CA was fined $50,106 by CMS across 7 separate penalties following 70 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
GRACE HEALTHCARE CENTER (FRESNO, CA) — $50,106 in CMS Fines
Outcome: GRACE HEALTHCARE CENTER in FRESNO, CA was fined $50,106 by CMS across 7 separate penalties following 70 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.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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