Nexus at Palos
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$323,393
Outcome
Nexus at Palos in PALOS HILLS, IL was fined $323,393 by CMS across 8 separate penalties following 76 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
Nexus at Palos (PALOS HILLS, IL) — $323,393 in CMS Fines
Outcome: Nexus at Palos in PALOS HILLS, IL was fined $323,393 by CMS across 8 separate penalties following 76 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
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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