MAINE VETERANS HOME - CARIBOU
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Medication Error
Penalty
$7,901
Outcome
MAINE VETERANS HOME - CARIBOU in CARIBOU, ME was fined $7,901 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MAINE VETERANS HOME - CARIBOU (CARIBOU, ME) — $7,901 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MAINE VETERANS HOME - CARIBOU in CARIBOU, ME was fined $7,901 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
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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