Harmony Cedar Rapids
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$45,465
Outcome
Harmony Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids, IA was fined $45,465 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 30 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Harmony Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids, IA) — $45,465 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Harmony Cedar Rapids in Cedar Rapids, IA was fined $45,465 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 30 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 request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- 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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