NILES CANYON POST ACUTE
CMS
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Penalty
$6,292
Outcome
NILES CANYON POST ACUTE in FREMONT, CA was fined $6,292 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
NILES CANYON POST ACUTE (FREMONT, CA) — $6,292 in CMS Fines
Outcome: NILES CANYON POST ACUTE in FREMONT, CA was fined $6,292 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 11 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- 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.
- Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
- Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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