MEDICALODGES PAOLA
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$78,225
Outcome
MEDICALODGES PAOLA in PAOLA, KS was fined $78,225 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MEDICALODGES PAOLA (PAOLA, KS) — $78,225 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MEDICALODGES PAOLA in PAOLA, KS was fined $78,225 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 27 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
- 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.
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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