LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF TALLULAH
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$3,145
Outcome
LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF TALLULAH in TALLULAH, LA was fined $3,145 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF TALLULAH (TALLULAH, LA) — $3,145 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LEGACY NURSING AND REHABILITATION OF TALLULAH in TALLULAH, LA was fined $3,145 by CMS following 21 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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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