MACLAY HEALTHCARE CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$297,315
Outcome
MACLAY HEALTHCARE CENTER in SYLMAR, CA was fined $297,315 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 170 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MACLAY HEALTHCARE CENTER (SYLMAR, CA) — $297,315 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MACLAY HEALTHCARE CENTER in SYLMAR, CA was fined $297,315 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 170 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.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
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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