MERIDIAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE CENTER
Outcome
MERIDIAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE CENTER in WICHITA, KS was fined $84,501 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 58 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
MERIDIAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE CENTER (WICHITA, KS) — $84,501 in CMS Fines
Outcome: MERIDIAN REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE CENTER in WICHITA, KS was fined $84,501 by CMS across 5 separate penalties following 58 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- 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.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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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