LAKEPOINT AUGUSTA, LLC
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$17,229
Outcome
LAKEPOINT AUGUSTA, LLC in AUGUSTA, KS was fined $17,229 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LAKEPOINT AUGUSTA, LLC (AUGUSTA, KS) — $17,229 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LAKEPOINT AUGUSTA, LLC in AUGUSTA, KS was fined $17,229 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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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