Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center
Outcome
Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center in Des Moines, IA was fined $56,807 by CMS across 10 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center (Des Moines, IA) — $56,807 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center in Des Moines, IA was fined $56,807 by CMS across 10 separate penalties following 10 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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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