MEADOW CREEK POST-ACUTE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$28,235
Outcome
MEADOW CREEK POST-ACUTE in PARAMOUNT, CA was fined $28,235 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 97 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MEADOW CREEK POST-ACUTE (PARAMOUNT, CA) — $28,235 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MEADOW CREEK POST-ACUTE in PARAMOUNT, CA was fined $28,235 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 97 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- 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.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
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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