HELIA SOUTHBELT HEALTHCARE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$58,910
Outcome
HELIA SOUTHBELT HEALTHCARE in BELLEVILLE, IL was fined $58,910 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 55 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HELIA SOUTHBELT HEALTHCARE (BELLEVILLE, IL) — $58,910 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HELIA SOUTHBELT HEALTHCARE in BELLEVILLE, IL was fined $58,910 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 55 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.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- 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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