HICKORY VLG NRSG & RHB
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$350,672
Outcome
HICKORY VLG NRSG & RHB in HICKORY HILLS, IL was fined $350,672 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HICKORY VLG NRSG & RHB (HICKORY HILLS, IL) — $350,672 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HICKORY VLG NRSG & RHB in HICKORY HILLS, IL was fined $350,672 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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