LUTHERAN NURSING HOME
CMS
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$41,886
Outcome
LUTHERAN NURSING HOME in CONCORDIA, MO was fined $41,886 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
LUTHERAN NURSING HOME (CONCORDIA, MO) — $41,886 in CMS Fines
Outcome: LUTHERAN NURSING HOME in CONCORDIA, MO was fined $41,886 by CMS following 23 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
- Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
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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