LAUREL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$7,163
Outcome
LAUREL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in LAUREL, MT was fined $7,163 by CMS following 24 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LAUREL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER (LAUREL, MT) — $7,163 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LAUREL HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER in LAUREL, MT was fined $7,163 by CMS following 24 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.
- Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
- 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.
- Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
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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