NAZARETH LIVING CENTER
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Penalty
$38,780
Outcome
NAZARETH LIVING CENTER in SAINT LOUIS, MO was fined $38,780 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 49 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NAZARETH LIVING CENTER (SAINT LOUIS, MO) — $38,780 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NAZARETH LIVING CENTER in SAINT LOUIS, MO was fined $38,780 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 49 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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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