Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center
Outcome
Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center in CLEARWATER, FL was fined $272,512 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center (CLEARWATER, FL) — $272,512 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center in CLEARWATER, FL was fined $272,512 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 37 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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