HERITAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$13,845
Outcome
HERITAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in CHANUTE, KS was fined $13,845 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HERITAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER (CHANUTE, KS) — $13,845 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HERITAGE HEALTH CARE CENTER in CHANUTE, KS was fined $13,845 by CMS following 28 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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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