HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$34,704
Outcome
HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE in KANSAS CITY, MO was fined $34,704 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE (KANSAS CITY, MO) — $34,704 in CMS Fines
Outcome: HILLTOP AT BLUE RIVER, THE in KANSAS CITY, MO was fined $34,704 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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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