HEALTHCARE RESORT OF COLORADO SPRINGS, THE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$79,098
Outcome
HEALTHCARE RESORT OF COLORADO SPRINGS, THE in COLORADO SPRINGS, CO was fined $79,098 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HEALTHCARE RESORT OF COLORADO SPRINGS, THE (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO) — $79,098 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HEALTHCARE RESORT OF COLORADO SPRINGS, THE in COLORADO SPRINGS, CO was fined $79,098 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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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