LIFE CARE CENTER OF PALM BAY
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Nutrition Care
Penalty
$51,600
Outcome
LIFE CARE CENTER OF PALM BAY in PALM BAY, FL was fined $51,600 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LIFE CARE CENTER OF PALM BAY (PALM BAY, FL) — $51,600 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LIFE CARE CENTER OF PALM BAY in PALM BAY, FL was fined $51,600 by CMS following 8 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
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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