LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS
CMS
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$166,236
Outcome
LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS in PENITAS, TX was fined $166,236 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS (PENITAS, TX) — $166,236 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS in PENITAS, TX was fined $166,236 by CMS across 4 separate penalties following 14 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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